diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ba6817e3c32157b07266bcb4cea22e8876b8b8a9..b85d0a7492bd81767c0a942302e7c334c7ccc6a2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ deploy:
   only:
     - master
   before_script:
+    - mkdir .kube/
     - echo -n $KUBE_CONFIG | base64 -d > .kube/config
   script:
     - kubectl --kubeconfig .kube/config --namespace $KUBE_NAMESPACE set image deployment/$KUBE_DEPLOYMENT $KUBE_CONTAINER=$CI_REGISTRY/$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE_TAG