diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b0dfdb1..86b2c56 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -29,13 +29,13 @@ test:
 deploy:
   stage: deploy
   script:
+  - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
   - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
   - ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   - '[[ -f /.dockerenv ]] && echo -e "Host *\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n\n" > ~/.ssh/config'
   - nikola theme -i bootstrap3
   - nikola build
-  - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
   - echo "$STRIPE_API_KEY" > stripe.ini
   - cd output
   - scp -r * openlp@openlp.org:public_html/