diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 32f4638..41cdc88 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ release:
     - gulp --version  # Verify Gulp is installed
     # Set up SSH agent and add private key for pushing to protected branch
     - 'which ssh-agent || ( apt-get update -y && apt-get install openssh-client -y )'
+    - mkdir -p ~/.ssh
+    - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
     - echo "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY_ENCODED" | base64 --decode > ~/.ssh/id_rsa
     - chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
     - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
@@ -102,6 +104,7 @@ release:
             }
           }
         }'
+  only: master
   when: manual
   allow_failure: false
   artifacts: