diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c0ef5202..ba730eb9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ build_2019_dev_image:
     - docker push asia.gcr.io/linuxconfsydney/symposion_app_2019_dev:$CI_COMMIT_SHA
     - docker tag asia.gcr.io/linuxconfsydney/symposion_app_2019_dev:$CI_COMMIT_SHA asia.gcr.io/linuxconfsydney/symposion_app_2019_dev:latest
     - docker push asia.gcr.io/linuxconfsydney/symposion_app_2019_dev:latest
-  only:
-    - dev/2019
+  except:
+    - master
 
 k8s-2019_dev-deploy:
   image: google/cloud-sdk