diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c4cf9ce7c8c9ca166065591a3529f91d5c8dfe74..4e98fd455ddc91de2a3b6a3a37b83a4ba368120d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ deploy_to_phoenix:
     - pip3 install ansible
 
   script:
-    - ansible-playbook -i ansible/hosts.cfg ansible/playbook.yml
+    - ansible-playbook -i ansible/hosts.cfg -u $REMOTE_USER ansible/playbook.yml -vvv
 
   parallel:
     matrix:
diff --git a/ansible/playbook.yml b/ansible/playbook.yml
index 7ce54c229a180c036d2aae956b4d3f0e14860871..3c920e7a79e146b5ac19ae669f21a22aac05dc6a 100644
--- a/ansible/playbook.yml
+++ b/ansible/playbook.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 - hosts: targets
-  remote_user: y0054816
   tasks:
     - name: Create remote VirtualFluids_dev dir
       command: mkdir ~/VirtualFluids_dev