diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index be67cdc..caf3e1a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ deploy_to_webserver:
    - master
    
  script:
-   - echo -e "ANSIBLE_HOSTS" > /etc/ansible/hosts
+   - touch /etc/ansible/hosts
+   - echo -e "$ANSIBLE_HOSTS" > /etc/ansible/hosts
    - cat /etc/ansible/hosts
    #- ansible-playbook -i /ops/ansible/