diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1255595..b07fc88 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ deploy-period:
   stage: deploy
   environment: production
   image: debian:buster
+  before_script:
+    - 'command -v ssh-agent >/dev/null || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )'
+    - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
+    - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add -
+    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+    - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
   script:
     - ssh ahosking@192.168.1.19 "cd /home/ahosking/period && git pull origin master && exit"
   only: