diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3802d385e8cfa2110b5adecbcfb0e5e40c49a87a..eefc0cc40ad1a7bd127f06e5495c29c286d450ac 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ deploy-job-ZCU104:      # This job runs in the deploy stage.
     # FUTURE Work: need to add error handling for if the board does not connect, 
     # could grep from screenlog to see if successfully connected
     - screen -r zynq -X stuff "cp -r /home/dwn1c21/FPGA/. ./ \n"
-    - screen -r zynq -X stuff "./ZCU104_connect.sh \n"
+    - screen -r zynq -X stuff "./ZCU104_connect.sh > connect_log\n"
     - sleep 10
     # use scp to copy over bit files and python script
     - screen -r zynq -X stuff "scp -i ~/.ssh/id_rsa dwn1c21@soclabs.soton.ac.uk:~/builds/wzndG1mA/0/soclabs/nanosoc/Cortex-M0/nanosoc/systems/mcu/fpga_imp/CI_verification/load_bitfile.py ./ \n"