diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8b0712af41bfdf3d1cea802c493dd0f2d35f0ada..46658836583cfb31861a453ddd041eb0729bf7e5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ build_app:
  - |
         if [[ $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME = master ]]; then
             echo "deploying to prod server"
-            sudo systemctl start python.service
+            systemctl start python.service
         elif [[ $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME = dev ]]; then
             systemctl start python.service
         fi