diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml
index 25ec2795..45b9e35e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_dev.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ on:
       branch:
         description: Branch to deploy
         required: true
+      proceedDeploy:
+        description: Set to true to skip CDK diff and directly proceed with deployment. Default is false.
+        required: true
+        default: 'false'
 
 concurrency: deploy-dev
 
@@ -37,6 +41,12 @@ jobs:
           role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.AWS_AOE_DEV_ROLE_ARN }}
           role-session-name: aoe-runner-deploy-dev
           aws-region: eu-west-1
-      - name: Deploy DEV
-        run: ./deploy-scripts/04-deploy-dev.sh
+
+      - name: Run CDK Diff
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.proceedDeploy == 'false' }}
+        run: ./deploy-scripts/04-deploy-dev.sh diff
+
+      - name: Run CDK Deploy
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.proceedDeploy == 'true' }}
+        run: ./deploy-scripts/04-deploy-dev.sh deploy
 
diff --git a/deploy-scripts/deploy.sh b/deploy-scripts/deploy.sh
index b29ac37d..9d3e5f36 100755
--- a/deploy-scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/deploy-scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -4,20 +4,38 @@ set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail
 # shellcheck source=../scripts/common-functions.sh
 source "$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )/../scripts/common-functions.sh"
 
+ACTION=$1
+
 function main {
   start_gh_actions_group "Setup"
   parse_env_from_script_name "..-deploy"
   use_correct_node_version
   end_gh_actions_group
 
-  start_gh_actions_group "Deploy $ENV"
-  deploy
-  end_gh_actions_group
+
+
+  if [[ "$ACTION" == "diff" ]]; then
+    start_gh_actions_group "Diff $ENV"
+    diff
+    end_gh_actions_group
+  elif [[ "$ACTION" == "deploy" ]]; then
+    start_gh_actions_group "Deploy $ENV"
+    deploy
+    end_gh_actions_group
+  fi
+
+
 }
 
 function deploy {
   pushd "$repo"/aoe-infra/infra
-  "./cdk.sh" diff # deploy --all
+  "./cdk.sh" deploy --all
+  popd
+}
+
+function diff {
+  pushd "$repo"/aoe-infra/infra
+  "./cdk.sh" diff
   popd
 }