diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 852e7ed..98464a3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,11 +21,7 @@ build_stage:
       - .output/
       - .nuxt/
 
-  # restrict to specific branch
-#  only:
-#    - master
-
-# define the deploy stage
+# define the deploy stages
 deploy_staging:
   stage: deploy
   resource_group: staging
@@ -35,24 +31,15 @@ deploy_staging:
     name: staging
     url: https://next.rockfic.com
   image: ubuntu:latest
-  #    - apt-get update && apt-get install --yes --no-install-recommends rsync git openssh-client curl sshpass
-  #    - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
-  #    - chmod 600 ${SSH_DEPLOY_KEY}
-  #    - ssh-add ${SSH_DEPLOY_KEY}
-  #    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
-  #    - '[[ -f /.dockerenv ]] && echo -e "Host *\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n\n" > ~/.ssh/config'
   before_script:
     - ". ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/.more-ci/deploy-pre.sh ${SSH_DEPLOY_KEY}"
   script:
-    #    - "cat ${ENV_FILE} | ssh rockfic@${DEPLOY_SERVER} 'cat > ~/rockfic-staging/.env'"
     - rsync --archive --del ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/ rockfic@${DEPLOY_SERVER}:~/rockfic-staging/
     - scp ${ENV_FILE} rockfic@${DEPLOY_SERVER}:rockfic-staging/.env
-    #- rsync --archive --delete ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/cnf/ ${DEPLOY_USER}@${DEPLOY_SERVER}:~/cnf/
-
-    # restart Node.js and reload nginx configuration
     - sshpass -p "${OLDROOTPWD}" ssh root@rockfic.com '~/cp.sh'
     - ssh rockfic@${DEPLOY_SERVER} "~/stage.sh" ${DB_NAME}
-    - ssh rockfic@${DEPLOY_SERVER} node "~/rockfic-staging/.output/server/index.mjs" \&\>/dev/null \& disown \%1
+    # restart Node.js and reload nginx configuration
+    - ssh rockfic@${DEPLOY_SERVER} 'node "~/rockfic-staging/.output/server/index.mjs" &>/dev/null & disown %1'
     - ssh rockfic@${DEPLOY_SERVER} sudo systemctl reload apache2
   except:
     - tags
@@ -70,9 +57,8 @@ deploy_production:
   script:
     - rsync --archive --del ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/ root@${DEPLOY_SERVER}:/home/@rockfic/
     - scp ${ENV_FILE} root@${DEPLOY_SERVER}:/home/@rockfic/.env
-    #- rsync --archive --delete ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/cnf/ ${DEPLOY_USER}@${DEPLOY_SERVER}:~/cnf/
     - sed -Ei "s,(hasMigrated = )false,\1true," /home/@rockfic/lib/dbconfig.ts
-    - ssh root@${DEPLOY_SERVER} node "/home/@rockfic/.output/server/index.mjs" \&\>/dev/null \& disown \%1
+    - ssh root@${DEPLOY_SERVER} 'node "/home/@rockfic/.output/server/index.mjs" &>/dev/null & disown %1'
     - ssh root@${DEPLOY_SERVER} sudo systemctl reload apache2
   only:
     - tags