diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c62418a9d2202bf62c79178caad4486fa2199d38..a96d32e7b389644d12d485d98e3ca37cb286e3b4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ test:
   before_script:
     - docker login -u "$CI_REGISTRY_USER" -p "$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD" $CI_REGISTRY
     - chmod +x env_setup.sh wait_for_container.sh
-    - ./env_setup.sh 
+    - ./env_setup.sh
+    - mkdir data 
     - docker swarm init
     - docker stack deploy -c docker-compose.emg.yml -c docker-compose.emg.dev.yml emg-pvs
   script: