diff --git a/libre b/libre
index 085f57cd1eb669bdd15c968e55a23376af9385de..2cb6ff6c80a5b9c7ed3937256b9a9f097db389d4 100755
--- a/libre
+++ b/libre
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ fi
 
 create_update_job_nc () {
   if [ "${APP}" = "nextcloud" ]; then
+    kubectl -n ${NS} scale --replicas=0 deployment/${APP}-web
     kubectl -n $NS delete job update-nc
     libre apply ../../common/nextcloud/other-manifests/update-job.yml
   fi
@@ -87,8 +88,9 @@ case "$1" in
         cat /tmp/diff
         read -p "Ctrl-c to not apply the diff"
       fi
-      libre apply
+      kubectl -n ${NS} scale --replicas=0 deployment/${FQDN}-app
       create_update_job_nc
+      libre apply
     else
       echo "Nothing to update, good job!"
     fi;;