diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eeed62fb78863ad30b6245433b9e819185136403..1e18bb60bd2300ff3c0764b9092d91bfc40152e0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ deploy_to_release:
     - tags
     - pdf@idevelop/howtogitlabrunner
   script:
+    - git checkout master
     - git commit -am "New PDF file $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"
     - git push --push-option=ci.skip origin master
     # # https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/README.html#skipping-jobs