diff --git a/gh-pages-deploy.sh b/gh-pages-deploy.sh
index 97a790a52..4592584b7 100644
--- a/gh-pages-deploy.sh
+++ b/gh-pages-deploy.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ PRIVATE_KEY="cfg/id_rsa"
 chmod 600 "${PRIVATE_KEY}"
 eval `ssh-agent -s`
 ssh-add "${PRIVATE_KEY}"
+mkdir ~/.ssh
+chmod 700 ~/.ssh
 ssh-keyscan github.com >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 git config user.name "Travis CI Publisher"
 git remote add docu "git@github.com:$TRAVIS_REPO_SLUG.git";