diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 46968a2..4191ffa 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pipeline:
       - EARTHLY_EXEC_CMD="/bin/sh"
     secrets: [EARTHLY_CONFIGURATION, DOCKER_USER, DOCKER_PASSWORD]
     commands:
-      - echo "$EARTHLY_CONFIGURATION" > ~/.earthly/config.yaml
+      - mkdir ~/.earthly && echo "$EARTHLY_CONFIGURATION" > ~/.earthly/config.yaml
       - earthly bootstrap
       - earthly +current-changelog
     when: