diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6edca90..54791cc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ deploy_stage:
 
   script:
     # deploy application and server configuration
-    - cat ${ENV_FILE} | ssh rockfic@${DEPLOY_SERVER} 'cat > rockfic-staging/.env'
+    #    - "cat ${ENV_FILE} | ssh rockfic@${DEPLOY_SERVER} 'cat > ~/rockfic-staging/.env'"
+    - "scp ${ENV_FILE} rockfic@${DEPLOY_SERVER}:rockfic-staging/"
     - rsync --archive --delete ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/ rockfic@${DEPLOY_SERVER}:~/rockfic-staging/
     #- rsync --archive --delete ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/cnf/ ${DEPLOY_USER}@${DEPLOY_SERVER}:~/cnf/