diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 334a941..3640bf5 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
-version: 2
+version: 2.1
+parameters:
+  run_automatedtesting:
+    default: false
+    type: boolean
+  run_basedeployment:
+    default: true
+    type: boolean
 defaults: &defaults
     docker:
       - image: circleci/python:2.7-stretch-browsers
@@ -39,6 +46,16 @@ builddeploy_steps: &builddeploy_steps
             ./buildenv.sh -e $DEPLOY_ENV -b ${LOGICAL_ENV}-${APPNAME}-deployvar
             source buildenvvar
             ./master_deploy.sh -d ECS -e $DEPLOY_ENV -t latest -s ${LOGICAL_ENV}-global-appvar,${LOGICAL_ENV}-${APPNAME}-appvar -i ${APPNAME}
+            #testing code changes
+            if [[ true ]]; then
+                ./buildenv.sh -e $DEPLOY_ENV -b ${LOGICAL_ENV}-qa-v1-appvar
+                source buildenvvar  
+                curl --request POST \
+                  --url https://circleci.com/api/v2/project/github/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_USERNAME/$CIRCLE_PROJECT_REPONAME/pipeline \
+                  --header "Circle-Token: ${QA_USER_TOKEN}" \
+                  --header 'content-type: application/json' \
+                  --data '{"branch":"'"$CIRCLE_BRANCH"'","parameters":{"run_automatedtesting":true , "run_basedeployment": false}}'
+            fi  
 
 
 jobs:
@@ -85,6 +102,7 @@ jobs:
 workflows:
   version: 2
   build:
+    when: << pipeline.parameters.run_basedeployment >>
     jobs:
       # Development builds are executed on "develop" branch only.
       - "build-dev":
@@ -93,8 +111,9 @@ workflows:
             branches:
               only:
                 - develop
+                - dev-circleci
 
-      # Production builds are exectuted only on tagged commits to the
+      # Production builds are exectuted only on tagged commits to the testing
       # master branch.
       - "build-prod":
           context : org-global
@@ -102,13 +121,16 @@ workflows:
             branches:
               only: master
 
+  testingflow:
+    when: << pipeline.parameters.run_automatedtesting >>
+    jobs:
+      - Hold [Performance-Testing]:
+          type: approval
       - "Run-Newman-Test":
-          context : org-global
+          context : org-global   
           requires:
-            - build-dev
-            - build-prod          
+            - Hold [Performance-Testing]     
           filters:
             branches:
               only:
-                - automated-postman-testing
-                - develop
\ No newline at end of file
+                - dev-circleci