diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 50f7197cbb1d55d7528c1b511c4ae53f5f92b7cf..353d19666facf3f451d8cbc617445ba26ba04e80 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ tf-apply:
       echo "image_ohpc defined as ${TF_VAR_image_ohpc}"
       fi   
     - export TF_VAR_keypair_name="os-gen-keypair-$BUILD_DATE"
-    - terraform apply -auto-approve || terraform destroy -auto-approve 
+    - terraform apply -auto-approve || terraform destroy -auto-approve && false
 
 clean-up:
   stage: cleanup