diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 46472df6aacd0850d4b467be8f0ea5c3ae729553..c891ef87c4d5d1b3e0051bd7318a8c6caef520b9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pages:
   stage: deploy
   script:
   - mkdocs build --strict --verbose
+  - mkdir public/site
   - cp -r org.framed.updatesite/* public/site
   artifacts:
     paths: