diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9c62c25114dcdf93caa51af99e8a6e7e0be8186b..4e4a9c97c12c0c02d87141c0c7d1b5415c4ef022 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ build:
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - EmergencyAlertApplication.jar
-    expire_in: 1 week
+    expire_in: 1 month
 
 test:
     stage: test
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ frontend:
     artifacts:
       paths:
         - eaa_frontend/dist
-      expire_in: 1 week
+      expire_in: 1 month
 
 deploy:
     stage: deploy
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fd719b78abb08e98d881efa5f1865c710841b6ef..30282e66802abf4ee83d83a4fbbee8b4642e6dbe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -178,5 +178,5 @@ The deployment is done to a server with the following steps:
 1. Upload the jar file to the server
 2. Upload the frontend files to the server
 3. Copy the frontend files to Nginx folder
-4. Rebuild the docker container for the backend
+4. Rebuild the docker container for the backend (database container is up and running)
 5. Restart the Nginx server
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