diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1e14548c77..4e9b0a7a0f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ nixCache:
 
 .deploy:
   stage: deploy
+  needs:
+    - job: nixCache
+      artifacts: true
   tags:
     - deployer
 
diff --git a/hack/deploy.sh b/hack/deploy.sh
index f7a91bd5cb..c0936e401a 100755
--- a/hack/deploy.sh
+++ b/hack/deploy.sh
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ ssh_cmd="ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new"
 
 if [ ! -z ${2+x} ]; then ssh_cmd="$ssh_cmd $2"; fi
 
+system="$(nix run nixpkgs.jq -c jq -r ".[\"${1}\"]" systems.json)"
+echo System is $system
+
 echo Syncing repo content to machine "$1"
 rsync -e "$ssh_cmd" -avz --exclude='.hg/store/data/' --exclude='.hg/store/dh/' --exclude='.hg/cache/' --exclude='.hg/wcache/' ./ "deployer@$1:depot/"