diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9d3f7a3..13cf0b0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ pages:
 deploy:
   image: google/cloud-sdk:297.0.1
   stage: deploy
+  before_script:
+  - echo ${GCLOUD_ACCOUNT} | base64 --decode | gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=-
   script:
   - gcloud app deploy --no-promote
   when: manual