diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ccd017caf215ee146e646ff485cdf2fc07955e4b..459cafde5e86db7d5ba44e075eb124c97a86d298 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,9 @@ setup:
     - ./utilities.sh # Running the script to setup directories and copy files
     - mkdir -p files-from-repos
     - rm -f files-from-repos/deployment-files.zip
-    - cd frontend/docker/
-    - zip -r ../../files-from-repos/deployment-files.zip ./nginx-deployment/ -x ./nginx-deployment/compose-from-monorepo.yml
-    - cd ../../
+    - pushd frontend/docker/
+    - zip -r ../../files-from-repos/deployment-files.zip nginx-deployment/ -x nginx-deployment/compose-from-monorepo.yml
+    - popd
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - docs/tech