diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5b552b60741d52f65e3d6c1262a7f0ba29021c77..c3f2644f52da1495e39fc3c76e7af1fa4e4fb900 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ variables:
 build:
     when: manual
     script:
-        - cp definition-files/runscript ../ 
-        - cp definition-files/run-help ../
+        - pwd
+        - cp definition-files/runscript $PWD/
+        - cp definition-files/run-help $PWD/
         # step 1. build the container!
         - /bin/bash .gitlabci/build.sh $sfile
         # step 2. push to harbor