diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 925588e917b3463d193ffeb86e3e696aed389331..ea5215083068319be827b58b8583971c1556c07b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ UnitTest:
   only:
     refs:
       - staging
+  allow_failure: true
   coverage: '/TOTAL\s+\d+\s+\d+\s+(\d+)%/'
   before_script:
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/pplbackend/settings.py b/pplbackend/settings.py
index d380b33d42dcdbbb460c83206200e303dc47deb3..08c40b2415f3605993e89f00f11d3915bf6347ac 100644
--- a/pplbackend/settings.py
+++ b/pplbackend/settings.py
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ SECRET_KEY = os.getenv('SECRET_KEY', 'akua')
 
 
 # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production!
-DEBUG = True
+DEBUG = False
 
 ALLOWED_HOSTS = ['*']