diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ab1426f88cf11d3daa61c78777b40f9f86cd6d71..83d2681eb41829598e496aec5f5405babcfed561 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ docker_centos_build:
     - DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive" apt-get -y install tzdata
     - apt-get -y install cmake wget git g++ gfortran
     - mkdir -p /root/openfpm_dependencies/openfpm_pdata/base
-    - ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f /tmp/sshkey -q -N ""
+    - ssh-keygen -b 2048 -t rsa -f /root/.ssh -q -N ""
     - echo "PUBLIC:"
     - ls $HOME/.ssh
     - cat $HOME/.ssh/id_rsa.pub