diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ad68cd3a51441d8c6d72b89901c0244aa6f5225c..2e04f81b82f864001e2ae522def262dfc404165f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ prep-deploy:
     name: $TARGET_ENV
   script:
     - export BUILD_DATE=$(TZ=America/Chicago date +%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S)
+    - aws s3 --profile="${AWS_PROFILE}" --endpoint="${S3_ENDPOINT}" cp "s3://${BUCKET_NAME}/${FILE_NAME}" "${FILE_NAME}"
     - |
       if [ "$TARGET_ENV" = "dev" ]; then
            TF_VAR_data_volume="xdmod-dev-volume-$BUILD_DATE"
@@ -67,9 +68,6 @@ prep-deploy:
       echo "BUILD_DATE=${BUILD_DATE}" | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/vars.env
       echo "prod_instance_id=${prod_instance_id}" | tee -a $CI_PROJECT_DIR/vars.env
 
-      aws s3 --profile="${AWS_PROFILE}" --endpoint="${S3_ENDPOINT}" cp "s3://${BUCKET_NAME}/${FILE_NAME}" "${FILE_NAME}"
-
-
   artifacts:
     reports:
       dotenv: vars.env