diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-deploy-dev.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-deploy-dev.yaml
index b98641f..2e749b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-deploy-dev.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-deploy-dev.yaml
@@ -63,6 +63,22 @@ jobs:
             run: |
                 export PATH="${PATH}:/root/.dotnet/tools"
 
+        -
+            name: download cloud-sql-proxy
+            run: |
+                curl -o cloud-sql-proxy https://storage.googleapis.com/cloud-sql-connectors/cloud-sql-proxy/v2.18.2/cloud-sql-proxy.linux.amd64
+                chmod +x cloud-sql-proxy
+
+        -
+            name: write proxy credentials
+            run: |
+                echo "${{ secrets.GCP_SA }}" | base64 --decode >> cloud-sql-proxy-creds.json
+
+        -
+            name: start cloud-sql-proxy
+            run: |
+                ./cloud-sql-proxy --credentials-file ./cloud-sql-proxy-creds.json treetop-423020:us-central1:sqlsaturday-dev &
+
         -
             name: deploy database
             run: |