diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b6f9da4304bfd169c9b7da90f7f05416e130fdf4..5b552b60741d52f65e3d6c1262a7f0ba29021c77 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ variables:
 build:
     when: manual
     script:
-        - cp definition-files/runscript definition-files/almalinux/ 
-        - cp definition-files/run-help definition-files/almalinux/
+        - cp definition-files/runscript ../ 
+        - cp definition-files/run-help ../
         # step 1. build the container!
         - /bin/bash .gitlabci/build.sh $sfile
         # step 2. push to harbor