diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 58609d18d027b65101dae2689f49b2e6d1c6ce36..75a8c77e1b0142aa7838a7a679d8eaf0fcef22cf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ before_script:
   - echo "Hello, $GITLAB_USER_LOGIN!"
   - 'which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )'
   - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
+  - sudo apt-get install sshpass
+  - echo $SSH_PASSPHRASE
+  - sshpass -p $SSH_PASSPHRASE
   - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY" | base64 -d | tr -d '\r' | ssh-add - > /dev/null
   - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
   - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
   - ssh-keyscan bwunicluster.scc.kit.edu > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
   - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-  - sudo apt-get install sshpass
-  - echo $SSH_PASSPHRASE
-  - sshpass -p $SSH_PASSPHRASE ssh user@hostname
   - ssh $USER_NAME "pwd"