diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e06f7536c65395687d053f62467c207c51ff12a6..040205061e024e5eda941fa6159fb12993925881 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -166,10 +166,12 @@ deploy_g16_grb:
     - cp $kubekorner_k3s_config .
     - kubeconfig=$(basename $kubekorner_k3s_config)
     - echo "Deploying version $docker_tag to cluster namespace $ns"
+    - pvc=$(kubectl --kubeconfig $kubeconfig get pvc --namespace $ns cspp-geo-grb -o jsonpath="{.metadata.name}" || echo "");
+    - echo $pvc
     # copy extra values files to the local directory (where helm has access via docker mount)
     - cp ../../production/values-grb-g16.yaml .
     # namespace names are the same as domain names
-    - helm upgrade -v 2 --install --kubeconfig $kubeconfig --namespace $ns -f values-grb-g16.yaml cspp-geo-grb cspp-geo-grb/
+    - helm upgrade -v 2 --install --kubeconfig $kubeconfig --namespace $ns --set persistence.enabled=true --set persistence.storageClass=longhorn -f values-grb-g16.yaml cspp-geo-grb cspp-geo-grb/
   dependencies:
     - get_chart_grb
   rules: