diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index e8c56d9..fa1e7d6 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,10 @@ inputs:
   nomad_addr:
     description: "target nomad deployment address"
     required: true
+  deploy:
+    description: "deploy the jobs after rendering. False will only render. Default = TRUE"
+    required: false
+    default: 'TRUE'
 
 runs:
   using: "docker"
@@ -23,3 +27,4 @@ runs:
     - ${{ inputs.nomad_addr }}
     - ${{ inputs.version }}
     - ${{ inputs.config }}
+    - ${{ inputs.deploy }}
diff --git a/entrypoint.sh b/entrypoint.sh
index b89e1aa..ecdec47 100755
--- a/entrypoint.sh
+++ b/entrypoint.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
+INPUT_DEPLOY=${INPUT_DEPLOY:-TRUE}
+
 # echo all the variabls
 echo "INPUT_ADDR: $INPUT_VERSION"
 echo "INPUT_CONFIG: $INPUT_CONFIG"
 echo "INPUT_NOMAD_ADDR: $INPUT_NOMAD_ADDR"
+echo "INPUT_DEPLOY: $INPUT_DEPLOY"
 
 # export NOMAD_ADDR for deployment
 export "NOMAD_ADDR=$INPUT_NOMAD_ADDR"
@@ -27,19 +30,21 @@ for dir in */ ; do
 done
 
 # deploy
-for dir in */ ; do
-    if [ -d "${dir}nomad" ]; then
+if [ $INPUT_DEPLOY = "TRUE" ]; then
+    for dir in */ ; do
+        if [ -d "${dir}nomad" ]; then
 
-    echo "Deploying jobs from: ${dir}nomad."
-    for file in ${dir}nomad/*; do
-        matched=$([[ $file =~ ^.*.nomad.hcl$ ]] && echo "true" || echo "false")
+        echo "Deploying jobs from: ${dir}nomad."
+        for file in ${dir}nomad/*; do
+            matched=$([[ $file =~ ^.*.nomad.hcl$ ]] && echo "true" || echo "false")
 
-        # only deploy *.nomad.hcl (jobs)
-        if [ $matched = "true" ]; then
-        echo "levant deploy -var TAG=${INPUT_VERSION} -ignore-no-changes -var DEPLOY=staging -var-file=${INPUT_CONFIG} ${file}"
-        levant deploy -var TAG=${INPUT_VERSION} -ignore-no-changes -var DEPLOY=staging -var-file=${INPUT_CONFIG} ${file}
-        fi
+            # only deploy *.nomad.hcl (jobs)
+            if [ $matched = "true" ]; then
+            echo "levant deploy -var TAG=${INPUT_VERSION} -ignore-no-changes -var DEPLOY=staging -var-file=${INPUT_CONFIG} ${file}"
+            levant deploy -var TAG=${INPUT_VERSION} -ignore-no-changes -var DEPLOY=staging -var-file=${INPUT_CONFIG} ${file}
+            fi
 
+        done
+        fi
     done
-    fi
-done
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+fi
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