diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f7dd4b0614f43dc9113c3fe9402a0b6ec6c03352..bedfdf21b98375bbcde3df731ab16c2e89cbf7a7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ prep-deploy:
     name: $TARGET_ENV
   script:
     - export BUILD_DATE=$(TZ=America/Chicago date +%Y-%m-%dT%H%M%S)
-    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y awscli
+    - 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 $AWS_DEFAULT_REGION 
     - s3cmd get --force -r --host=$AWS_HOST --host-bucket=$AWS_HOST s3://xdmod-vol/ /tmp
     - ls -l /tmp
     - |