diff --git a/gitlab-ci/deploy.yml b/gitlab-ci/deploy.yml
index 85a2ba8..24997ca 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci/deploy.yml
+++ b/gitlab-ci/deploy.yml
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ deploy:
   before_script:
     - pip install ansible --quiet
     - git clone https://git.fudiggity.nl/sonny/ansible-playbooks.git deployment
-    - mkdir /root/.ssh
+    - mkdir -p /root/.ssh
     - echo "$DEPLOY_HOST_KEY" > /root/.ssh/known_hosts
     - echo "$DEPLOY_KEY" > deployment/deploy_key && chmod 0600 deployment/deploy_key
-    - mkdir /root/.vaults
-    - echo "$VAULT_PASSWORD" > /root/.vaults/newsreader
+    - mkdir -p /root/.vaults
+    - echo "$VAULT_PASSWORD" > /root/.vaults/newsreader && chmod 0600 /root/.vaults/newsreader
   script:
     - >
       ansible-playbook deployment/playbook.yml