diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 0723e4b4..923a5c76 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -75,6 +75,10 @@ steps:
         path: /dieselcli
     commands:
       - cargo build
+    # just to disable this temporarily
+    when:
+      ref:
+        - refs/tags/*
 
   - name: run federation tests
     image: node:15-alpine3.12
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ steps:
       - ls -la
       - cd api_tests/
       - ls -la
-      - ./prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
+      - bash prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
       - yarn
       - yarn api-test