diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7f42775d82fece0a9d72b66a460d9cac235091e7..b48e8a5a295f3f62cfc40c8f4b304db2f93e553a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ deploy_prod:
     DOCKER_HOST: unix:///var/run/docker.sock
   script:
     - echo "deploying prod"
+    - seconds=$(echo "scale=0 ; (( `date -d "11:59:00" +%s` - `date +%s` ) + 86400) % 86400 "| bc -l) ; sleep $seconds
     - cp ./nginx_snippets/* /etc/nginx/snippets/
     - mkdir -p /opt/strudel2/errors/
     - cp ./html/* /opt/strudel2/errors/