diff --git a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 634e07765..66e04b2a9 100644
--- a/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -200,11 +200,12 @@ deploy ec2 instance:
     - eval `ssh-agent -s`
     - mkdir -p /root/.ssh
     - chmod 700 /root/.ssh
-    - chmod 400 $AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY    
+    - cp $AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY  /builds/molecula/featurebase.tmp/
+    - chmod 400 /builds/molecula/featurebase.tmp/$AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY    
   script:
     - AMI=$(aws ssm get-parameters --names /aws/service/ami-amazon-linux-latest/amzn2-ami-hvm-x86_64-ebs --query 'Parameters[0].[Value]' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
     - SECURITY_GROUP=$(aws ec2 describe-security-groups --filter Name=vpc-id,Values=vpc-03a4ba3d5b7c8f978 --query 'SecurityGroups[*].[GroupId]' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
     - SUBNET_ID=$(aws ec2 describe-subnets --filters 'Name=vpc-id,Values=vpc-03a4ba3d5b7c8f978' 'Name=availability-zone,Values=us-east-2a' --query 'Subnets[0].SubnetId' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
-    - aws ec2 run-instances --image-id $AMI --count 1 --instance-type $INSTANCE --security-group-ids $SECURITY_GROUP --subnet-id $SUBNET_ID --key-name $AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=instance,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=$INSTANCE_NAME}]'
+    - aws ec2 run-instances --image-id $AMI --count 1 --instance-type $INSTANCE --security-group-ids $SECURITY_GROUP --subnet-id $SUBNET_ID --key-name /builds/molecula/featurebase.tmp/$AWS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY --tag-specifications 'ResourceType=instance,Tags=[{Key=Name,Value=$INSTANCE_NAME}]'
     - PUBLIC_IP=$(aws ec2 describe-instances --filters 'Name=tag:Name, Values=Single_Node_Deployment' 'Name=instance-state-name, Values=running' --query 'Reservations[*].Instances[*].PublicIpAddress' --output text --profile $PROFILE)
     - echo $PUBLIC_IP
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