diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8103d49727fa76563b323d73453691063d52f500..1c05e18b440d8f3bdfdcd2210843674e2a5fbc0e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -94,11 +94,12 @@ pre vars:
     - tests/**/*
 
 .deploy_bigbang: &deploy_bigbang
-  - find ./scripts/deploy -type f -name '*.sh' | sort | xargs -r -I {} sh -c 'echo {} && sh {}'
-
+  - find ./scripts/deploy -type f -name '*.sh' | sort | xargs -r -I {} sh -c 'echo {} && sh {}'$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
+  - kubectl get secrets -n istio-system wildcard-cert -o jsonpath="{ .data.tls\.crt }" | base64 --decode | openssl x509 -text
+  
 .test_bigbang: &test_bigbang
   - find ./tests -type f -name '*.sh' | sort | xargs -r -I {} sh -c 'echo {} && sh {}'
-
+   
 clean install:
   stage: smoke tests
   extends: