diff --git a/csccp.js b/csccp.js
index 9249ef7..47b197d 100644
--- a/csccp.js
+++ b/csccp.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ if(!process.env.authToken){
 }
 
 app.get('/cscclassprofilestaging', async (req, res) => {
-	console.log("Received build request", req);
+	console.log("Received build request");
 
 	const buildId = req.query.ref;
 	const name = `${buildId}-csc-class-profile-staging`
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ app.get('/cscclassprofilestaging', async (req, res) => {
 	const image = `registry.cloud.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/snedadah/csc-class-profile-staging:${buildId}`
 
 
-
 	if (!req.headers.authorization) {
 		console.log("No auth!");
 		return res.status(403).json({ error: 'No credentials sent!' });
@@ -30,14 +29,20 @@ app.get('/cscclassprofilestaging', async (req, res) => {
 
 
 
-	console.log("Doing deploy for for branch: " + req.query.ref);
+	// command for generating deplyoment template
+	//await call(`kubectl create deployment ${name} --image ${image} --port=80 -o yaml --dry-run > test.yaml`);
+	console.log(`${(new Date()).toUTCString()} - Doing deploy for for branch: ${req.query.ref}`);
 
+	// try deleting incase it already exists
 	await call(`kubectl delete deployment ${name}`);
-	await call(`kubectl create deployment ${name} --image ${image} --port=80`);
+
+	// replace variables in template with correct name and image
+	await call(`cat deployTemplate.yaml | sed "s@__NAME__@${name}@g" | sed "s@__IMAGE__@${image}@g" | kubectl apply -f -`);
+
 	await call(`kubectl expose deployment ${name}`);
 	await call(`kubectl create ingress ${name} --rule='${publicUrl}/*=${name}:80'`);
-	console.log("Deployed to " + publicUrl);
 
+	console.log("Deployed to " + publicUrl);
 	res.send(publicUrl);
 })
 
@@ -45,11 +50,13 @@ async function call(cmd){
 	let out
 	try{
 		out = await exec(cmd);
+		console.log(out)
 	}catch(e)
 	{
 		console.log(e, out)
 	}
 }
+
 app.listen(port, () => {
 	console.log(`Listening on port ${port}`)
 })
diff --git a/deployTemplate.yaml b/deployTemplate.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0846a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployTemplate.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+apiVersion: apps/v1
+kind: Deployment
+metadata:
+  creationTimestamp: null
+  labels:
+    app: __NAME__
+  name: __NAME__
+spec:
+  replicas: 1
+  selector:
+    matchLabels:
+      app: __NAME__
+  strategy: {}
+  template:
+    metadata:
+      creationTimestamp: null
+      labels:
+        app: __NAME__
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: __IMAGE__
+        name: csc-class-profile-staging
+        ports:
+        - containerPort: 80
+        resources: {}
+        imagePullPolicy: Always
+status: {}