diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 10765ae55b217df7f7e35709f9cdb76a6abdb3e5..7d71b3b3aefd3ec88fe4349b6c2dd4052282fedf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -100,13 +100,13 @@ ansible_create_cluster_stage:
     - echo "ansible_create_cluster_stage"
     - bash -x ./CICD/ansible_create_cluster_script.sh
     - cd CICD
-    - ansible-playbook -i files/inventory.$STACKNAME --key-file ../gc_key.pem master_playbook.yml
+    - ansible-playbook -i files/inventory.$STACKNAME --key-file ../gc_key.pem --skip-tags monitoring master_playbook.yml
     - sleep 15
     - echo uglyuglyfix
     - ansible -i files/inventory.$STACKNAME --key-file ../gc_key.pem -b -a "systemctl restart slurmdbd" ManagementNodes
     - sleep 60
     - echo do it again
-    - ansible-playbook -i files/inventory.$STACKNAME --key-file ../gc_key.pem master_playbook.yml
+    - ansible-playbook -i files/inventory.$STACKNAME --key-file ../gc_key.pem --skip-tags monitoring master_playbook.yml
     
 
 tests: