diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e76609effa182c048f005b5b64228b11421ca71b..0d50396d517ae6772d3b25f9eedd7b575024f8dd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ deploy_dev:
   script:
     - echo "deploying dev"
     - docker login -u $DOCKERHUBUSER -p $DOCKERHUBPASSWORD docker.io
-    - docker stop l1ll1/tes:latest || exit 0
-    - docker ps -a -q | xargs -I{} docker rm  {} || exit 0
-    - docker images -q | xargs -I{} docker rmi {} || exit 0
+    - docker stop l1ll1/tes:latest || echo "Failed to stop existing container"
+    - docker ps -a -q | xargs -I{} docker rm  {} || echo "No containers to remove"
+    - docker images -q | xargs -I{} docker rmi {} || echo "No images to remove"
     - docker pull l1ll1/tes:latest
-    - docker run -p 8080:8080 l1ll1/tes:latest
+    - docker run -p 6080:8080 l1ll1/tes:latest || echo "Unable to start image ... possibly the old wsgi process is still running?"
   dependencies:
     - build