diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 34c9e4fe574aa140b766f4c6844033df41ca4c31..0c9410fb83483a1e9435b9a2c5d185a80a8e5706 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ 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