diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0852bbaa5e63ed6ceae1fc8ddad79db80d9fc16a..230203de696cf749cce5ef731b07428b278ff435 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,15 +23,32 @@
 #
 
 variables:
-  DEPLOY_REF: dev
+  DEPLOY_REF: f-grpc
   CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-server/caosdb-server-testenv:latest
+  GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: normal
+
+  DEPLOY_PIPELINE: https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/14/trigger/pipeline
+
+  ## FOR DEBUGGING
+  TRIGGERED_BY_REPO: SERVER
+  TRIGGERED_BY_REF: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+  TRIGGERED_BY_HASH: $CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
 
 image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE
 stages:
+  - info
   - setup
   - test
   - deploy
 
+info:
+  tags: [cached-dind]
+  image: docker:20.10
+  stage: info
+  needs: []
+  script:
+    - echo "Pipeline triggered by $TRIGGERED_BY_REPO@$TRIGGERED_BY_REF ($TRIGGERED_BY_HASH)"
+
 # Setup: Build a docker image in which tests for this repository can run
 build-testenv:
   tags: [ cached-dind ]
@@ -70,9 +87,10 @@ trigger_build:
       -F token=$CI_JOB_TOKEN
       -F "variables[F_BRANCH]=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
       -F "variables[SERVER]=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
-      -F "variables[TriggerdBy]=SERVER"
-      -F "variables[TriggerdByHash]=$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
-      -F ref=$DEPLOY_REF https://gitlab.indiscale.com/api/v4/projects/14/trigger/pipeline
+      -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_REPO]=$TRIGGERED_BY_REPO"
+      -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_REF]=$TRIGGERED_BY_REF"
+      -F "variables[TRIGGERED_BY_HASH]=$TRIGGERED_BY_HASH"
+      -F ref=$DEPLOY_REF $DEPLOY_PIPELINE
 
 # Build the sphinx documentation and make it ready for deployment by Gitlab Pages
 # Special job for serving a static website. See https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/README.html#pages