diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..17fc1f3661acd36b89d26acfe0e79d1c28406050
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+stages: 
+  - deploy
+
+include:
+  - '/mixins/deploy/gcp-k8s-deploy.yml'
+
+test:
+  stage: deploy
+  extends: .gcp_k8s_deploy
+  script:
+    - echo "override"
diff --git a/base/gcp-k8s-auth.yml b/base/gcp-k8s-auth.yml
index f6c4dacf0d8b564b9672ef8b1bd2be79545310f7..7d98e0f737f74eeee3642b960808257277c6905d 100644
--- a/base/gcp-k8s-auth.yml
+++ b/base/gcp-k8s-auth.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,19 @@
     - gcloud config set container/cluster $CLUSTER
     - gcloud config set compute/zone $ZONE
     - gcloud container clusters get-credentials $CLUSTER --zone $ZONE
+
+# TEST
+
+.k8s_diff:
+  script:
+    - cd k8s/$APP/overlays/$OVERLAY/
+    - |
+      echo -e "\e[32m-------------------------------------------\e[0m"
+      echo -e "\e[32mATTEMPTING A DRY RUN TO SEE IF YOUR K8S CONFIG IS VALID\e[0m"
+      kustomize build . | kubectl apply --dry-run -f - || echo -e "\e[31mWHOOPS! SEEMS YOU HAVE MISCONFIGURED SOMETHING. WHY DON'T YOU FIX IT AND TRY AGAIN?\e[0m" || false
+      echo -e "\e[32mSUCCESS! You have a valid k8s config :)\e[0m"
+      echo -e "\e[32m-------------------------------------------\e[0m"
+      echo -e "\e[32m---------RUNNING DIFF ON YOUR CONFIG...----------\e[0m"      
+      echo -e "\e[32m-------------------------------------------\e[0m"
+    - kustomize build . | kubectl diff -f - | colordiff || true
+