diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 246b97c6f3a5e308975030f28cc1e33ba412a26b..784f338e0d342239598d7419424a078b3b92d66f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,13 +30,16 @@ variables:
   TIMESTAMP_REGEXP: '[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}T[0-9]{6}'
   PKR_VAR_root_ssh_key: "ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBAFqqWgmYpEaGtHBeTu27ntVJpYjwq/x5aBefrvfhk8Z9lE3cuZ26vJ9n/9tGE4Zn2Pew1mpZgi6PzfJ3vMt8yA= root@master"
   DEV_KEY: "ssh-rsa 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 louistw@uab.edu"
+  BUILT_OOD_IMAGE_ID: ${BUILT_OOD_IMAGE_ID}
+  INSTANCE_FLAVOR: ${INSTANCE_FLAVOR}
+  OOD_PROXY_NAME: ${OOD_PROXY_NAME}
+  PROXY_IP: ${PROXY_IP}
 
 stages:
   - deploy
 
 deploy_ood_proxy_node:
   stage: deploy
-  needs: [test_ood_image]
   environment:
     name: knightly
   tags:
@@ -52,7 +55,7 @@ deploy_ood_proxy_node:
         $OOD_PROXY_NAME
     - PROXY_INSTANCE_ID=$(openstack server show -f value -c id $OOD_PROXY_NAME)
     - openstack server add floating ip $OOD_PROXY_NAME $PROXY_IP
-    - echo PROXY_INSTANCE_ID=$PROXY_INSTANCE_ID | tee -a proxy.env
+    - echo "PROXY_INSTANCE_ID=$PROXY_INSTANCE_ID" >> $CI_PROJECT_DIR/variables.env
   artifacts:
     reports:
-      dotenv: proxy.env 
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+      dotenv: variables.env
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