diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d4b4b02c5..03e98869a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ default:
 
 variables:
   NIX_PATH: "nixpkgs=http://nixos.org/channels/nixos-21.05/nixexprs.tar.xz"
+  AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE: "/etc/aws/credentials"
   
 stages:
   - frontend:build
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/write-minio-creds.sh b/.gitlab-ci/write-minio-creds.sh
index f706d4607..d978cdfc8 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/write-minio-creds.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/write-minio-creds.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env nix-shell
 #!nix-shell -i bash -p bash -p coreutils
 
-umask 0750
-mkdir -p ~/.aws
-cat > ~/.aws/credentials <<EOF
+umask 7155
+mkdir -p /etc/aws
+cat > /etc/aws/credentials <<EOF
 [default]
 aws_access_key_id = $(cat /minio-gitlab-runner-cache/accesskey)
 aws_secret_access_key = $(cat /minio-gitlab-runner-cache/secretkey)