diff --git a/deploy_scripts/cloudinit.yml b/deploy_scripts/cloudinit.yml
index 27e5d68b674186069af2807d2be8e2a4fdcc7190..0b739dd1d9bff4aa2ee3a85c1c0f79d64e851a4a 100644
--- a/deploy_scripts/cloudinit.yml
+++ b/deploy_scripts/cloudinit.yml
@@ -53,4 +53,5 @@ runcmd:
   # general startup takes long enough that no delay should bee needed - 5 to 6 minutes until these commands are executed
   - 'export API_URL=https://datacatalog.fz-juelich.de/'
   - 'export SERVER_DOMAIN=datacatalog.fz-juelich.de'
-  - /bin/bash /home/apiserver/datacatalog/deploy_scripts/deployment.sh /home/apiserver/datacatalog $API_URL $SERVER_DOMAIN
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+  - /home/apiserver/datacatalog/deploy_scripts/deployment.sh /home/apiserver/datacatalog $API_URL $SERVER_DOMAIN
+  - touch /finished_cloudinit