diff --git a/panel/src/panel/views.py b/panel/src/panel/views.py
index a43ddff2..fb517315 100644
--- a/panel/src/panel/views.py
+++ b/panel/src/panel/views.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from enum import Enum
 import os
 import json
+import threading
 
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 import os
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
 from django.contrib.auth.models import User
 from django.views.generic import TemplateView, DetailView
 from django.views.generic.edit import FormView
+from django.http import JsonResponse
 
 from panel import models
 from panel.configuration import forms
@@ -46,7 +48,12 @@ class ConfigurationForm(LoginRequiredMixin, FormView):
             operator=self.request.user,
         )
 
-        # Check for deploy button
+        if "deploy" in self.request.POST.keys():
+            threading.Thread(target=self.run_deployment, args=(obj,)).start()
+
+        return obj
+
+    def run_deployment(self, obj):
         if "deploy" in self.request.POST.keys():
             print("DEPLOYING:")
             print(os.getenv("REPO_DIR"))