diff --git a/deploy_alpine.sh b/deploy_alpine.sh
index 64c0039..9abe755 100755
--- a/deploy_alpine.sh
+++ b/deploy_alpine.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 BRANCH=${BRANCH:-next}
 CLEAN=${CLEAN:-yes}
+DRY=${DRY:-no}
+just_reload() {
+sudo -E /etc/init.d/mariadb restart; sudo -E /etc/init.d/php-fpm81 restart; sudo -E /etc/init.d/nginx restart; sudo -E /etc/init.d/gitea restart;
+}
+if [ "yes" = "${DRY}" ]; then
+  just_reload
+  exit $?
+fi
 git fetch --all --tags || exit $?
 cp -f $0 /tmp/$0.backup || exit $?
 git reset --hard || exit $?
@@ -19,4 +27,4 @@ if [ ! -f "./examples/crash_reporter/backend/config/config.php.alpine" ]; then
   ## patch config if needed
 fi
 cp -f ./examples/crash_reporter/backend/config/config.php.alpine ./examples/crash_reporter/backend/config/config.php || exit $?
-sudo -E /etc/init.d/mariadb restart; sudo -E /etc/init.d/php-fpm81 restart; sudo -E /etc/init.d/nginx restart; sudo -E /etc/init.d/gitea restart;
+just_reload