diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7e0bf75e1f4069c105a774f052d8c2ee487b00b3..48a6bfc9c54f44d09a16fe127e34634cf4ee4106 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ prep-deploy:
     - export BUILD_DATE=$(TZ=America/Chicago date +%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S)
     - apt-get update -qy
     - apt-get install -y awscli
-    - aws configure set aws_access_key_id $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
-    - aws configure set aws_secret_access_key $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
-    - aws configure set default.region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION 
+    - echo "[default]" > ~/.aws/credentials
+    - echo "aws_access_key_id = $AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID" >> ~/.aws/credentials
+    - echo "aws_secret_access_key = $AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY" >> ~/.aws/credentials
+    - aws configure set default.region $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION  
     - s3cmd get --force -r --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://xdmod-vol/ /tmp
     - ls -l /tmp
     - |