diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1152a0c..647cb58 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ before_script:
   - mkdir -p $HOME/.ssh
   - chmod 700 $HOME/.ssh
   - echo "$SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS" >> $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
-  - chmod 644 $HOME/.ssh/known_hosts
+  - echo "$SSH_CONFIG" >> $HOME/.ssh/config
+  - chmod 644 $HOME/.ssh/{known_hosts,config}
 
 stages:
 - build
@@ -34,5 +35,5 @@ deploy:
   stage: deploy
   script:
     - scp -r zones catalog-zones ${SSH_PRIMARY_NS}:/var/lib/knot/
-    - ssh ${SSH_PRIMARY_NS} 'chown -R knot:knot /var/lib/knot/{zones,catalog-zones} && knotc reload'
+    - ssh ${SSH_PRIMARY_NS} 'knotc reload'
   when: manual