diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 16b64ce865f5591f1771547817611bcd67e9c0ee..50154d48543a9de08cca684153e861805106e623 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -132,7 +132,6 @@ production-deploy:
       ssh-add "${SSH_PRIV_KEY}"
       mkdir ~/.ssh
       chmod 700 ~/.ssh
-
     - export instance_volume=$(openstack server show $instance_id -c volumes_attached -f value | awk -F"'" '{print $4}')
     - echo "Detaching instance_volume_id=${instance_volume} from new instance=${instance_id}"
     - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $SSH_USERNAME@$instance_floating_ip sudo systemctl stop mariadb
@@ -147,9 +146,10 @@ production-deploy:
     - openstack server remove volume $prod_instance_id $prod_volume
     - openstack volume snapshot create --volume $prod_volume xdmod-prod-data-vol-snapshot-$BUILD_DATE
 
-    - echo "Attach copy of prod volume $xdmod-prod-vol-$BUILD_DATE to newly deployed instance $instance_id"
-    - openstack volume create --snapshot xdmod-prod-data-vol-snapshot-$BUILD_DATE --size 150 xdmod-prod-vol-$BUILD_DATE
-    - openstack server add volume $instance_id xdmod-prod-vol-$BUILD_DATE --device /dev/vdb
+    - echo "Reattach the prod_volume=${prod_volume} to prod_instance_id=${prod_instance_id} after snapshot is created"
+    - openstack server add volume $prod_instance_id $prod_volume --device /dev/vdb
+    - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $SSH_USERNAME@$prod_floating_ip sudo mount /dev/vdb1 /var/lib/mysql && df -h
+    - ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no $SSH_USERNAME@$prod_floating_ip sudo systemctl start mariadb
 
     - echo "swap the floating IP between prod and newly deployed instances"
     - openstack server remove floating ip $prod_instance_id $prod_floating_ip