diff --git a/DEPLOY_VIEWER.md b/DEPLOY_VIEWER.md
index d08cd5294..4f5ba6a7e 100644
--- a/DEPLOY_VIEWER.md
+++ b/DEPLOY_VIEWER.md
@@ -87,8 +87,6 @@ git checkout $VERSION
 scripts/deploy_viewer.sh int
 ```
 
-Go to the [ArgoCD dashboard](#argocd) to check if everything went well.
-
 ### Prod-viewer (manual)
 
 The version should have been created and tested on int first.
@@ -98,7 +96,6 @@ export VERSION="" # the version (like 2022.02.0)
 git checkout $VERSION
 scripts/deploy_viewer.sh prod
 ```
-Go to the [ArgoCD dashboard](#argocd) to check if everything went well.
 
 ## Argo CD <a name="argocd"></a>
 
diff --git a/scripts/deploy_viewer.sh b/scripts/deploy_viewer.sh
index 5e368cae2..2dbc2260f 100755
--- a/scripts/deploy_viewer.sh
+++ b/scripts/deploy_viewer.sh
@@ -43,10 +43,13 @@ function deploy_ui {
 
 function deploy_api {
   tag="$1"
+  export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$(gopass cat ngm/fargate/api/AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID) # todo remove when k8s migration done
+  export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$(gopass cat ngm/fargate/api/AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY) # todo remove when k8s migration done
   docker pull $IMAGE_NAME:$VERSION
   docker tag $IMAGE_NAME:$VERSION $IMAGE_NAME:$tag
   docker push $IMAGE_NAME:$tag
-  ./scripts/deploy-to-env.sh "$1"
+  aws ecs update-service --region $AWS_REGION --cluster api_$tag --service api_$tag --force-new-deployment # todo remove when k8s migration done
+# ./scripts/deploy-to-env.sh "$1"  uncomment when k8s migration done
 }