diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ca10a81dc058e8ceb3351aad38377340bdb578a5..7f3fa8b2694bb895f7a779c72d8cf31458f9eae5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ deploy-wheel:
     - virtualenv --clear -p python3.5 .
     - source bin/activate
     - python setup.py bdist_wheel --universal
-    - cp dist/*.whl release
+    - mkdir -p release
+    - cp dist/*.whl release/
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - release/*.whl
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ deploy-documentation:
     - source bin/activate
     - pip install -e .
     - pip install sphinx sphinx_rtd_theme
-    - mkdir documentation
+    - mkdir -p documentation
     - cd docs
     - make html
     - cp -r build/html/* ../documentation