diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 234270e..3afa6e9 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -61,10 +61,10 @@ jobs:
             scp -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no -v -r .env $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST:/home/gdsc/map-sorter-api/.env
 
       - run:
-          name: SSH into dev server
+          name: SSH into dev server and deploy
           command: |
             echo "SSH into dev server"
-            ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=no -v $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST
+            ssh -o BatchMode=yes -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no -v $SSH_USER@$SSH_HOST
 
       - run:
           name: Login to DockerHub