diff --git a/.github/workflows/pages.yaml b/.github/workflows/pages.yaml
index b30998e..96f007e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pages.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pages.yaml
@@ -82,7 +82,9 @@ jobs:
             echo "Missing deploy credentials"
           else
             # install ssh key
+            mkdir ~/.ssh
             echo "$SSH_KEY" >> ~/.ssh/id_rsa
+            chmod -R 600 .ssh 
 
             # perform copy
             rsync -avvz build/ $SSH_USERNAME@$SSH_HOST:$DEPLOY_PATH