diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.elife.yml b/.gitlab-ci.elife.yml
index d830a4655fb4e8a447c85d3193e5c119c5578607..7513e9b7a9ce9578032867bc5dabddd1f5e095a9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.elife.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.elife.yml
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ deploy:
     # used by psql
     PGUSER: kotahidev
     PGPASSWORD: kotahidev
+    INSTANCE_NAME: elife
   services:
     - postgres
   script: