diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cfd82646196abf46d727b26ae92a101b675df2b4..1ca284bdb79413c824a7f98d41d6d2a8608ac9eb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -405,16 +405,14 @@ start_ood_proxy:
   stage: deploy
   script:
     - echo "Deploy OOD proxy"
+    - |
+      openstack server create --image $GPU_PLACEHOLDER_IMAGE --network cicd-net --flavor $GPU_PLACEHOLDER_FLAVOR $GPU_PLACEHOLDER_NAME
+      export PROXY_IP=$(openstack server show $GPU_PLACEHOLDER_NAME -f value -c addresses | cut -d'=' -f2)
+      echo "OOD Proxy started with IP: $PROXY_IP"
   environment:
     name: knightly
   tags:
     - build
-  script:
-    - |
-    - openstack server create --image $GPU_PLACEHOLDER_IMAGE --network cicd-net --flavor $GPU_PLACEHOLDER_FLAVOR $GPU_PLACEHOLDER_NAME
-    - export PROXY_IP=$(openstack server show $PROXY_INSTANCE_NAME -f value -c addresses | cut -d'=' -f2)
-    - echo "OOD Proxy started with IP: $PROXY_IP"
-    - |
   when: manual
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"