diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7d169e6ef056ccfed1fbbbd78307848da4094bce..fd7a28fc33a6ee747b9c9175bd869e966f4543f1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,10 @@ prep-deploy:
     - apt-get install -y awscli
     - s3cmd get --force -r --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://xdmod-vol/ /tmp
     - ls -l /tmp
-    - openstack volume create --size 20 --image /tmp/xdmod-dev-volume-snap.raw xdmod-ci-volume
+    - openstack image create --container-format bare --disk-format raw --file /tmp/xdmod-dev-volume-snap.raw xdmod-snapshot-image
+    - IMAGE_ID=$(openstack image show -f value -c id xdmod-snapshot-image)
+    - openstack volume create --size 20 --image $IMAGE_ID xdmod-ci-volume
+    
     - |
       if [ "$TARGET_ENV" = "dev" ]; then
            TF_VAR_data_volume="xdmod-dev-volume-$BUILD_DATE"