diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2fceb00..d7a4943 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ build_frontend:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/fia72-dev/eva_lernsituation/frontend-build
   before_script: 
   - echo "${DEPLOY_ENV_KEY}" > /workdir/deploy_key
+  - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
   - echo "${SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS}"> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
   - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
   - cat /workdir/deploy_key