diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8a87001..d63f457 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ tileos-sway-amd64:
   - Builder-1
  script:
   - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
+  - mkdir /root/.ssh
   - echo "$BASE64_TILEOS_ISO_STORAGE_KEY" | base64 -d > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   - chmod 400 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   - rm -rf ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/output/*
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ tileos-river-amd64:
   - Builder-1
  script:
   - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
+  - mkdir /root/.ssh
   - echo "$BASE64_TILEOS_ISO_STORAGE_KEY" | base64 -d > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   - chmod 400 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   - rm -rf ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/output/*