diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ffbdd09..9871296 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ deploy:
                 - VERSION=`cat VERSION`
                 - echo "Version is $VERSION"
                 - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
-                - docker stop homepage
+                - docker stop homepage || echo "homepage not running, anyway okay"
                 - docker pull registry.gitlab.com/wolutator/homepage:latest
                 - docker run -d --rm --name homepage -p4200:4200 registry.gitlab.com/wolutator/homepage:latest