diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f5d781edb14cfded5cf4a8d472c552ef495e0338..3b35ca7a3e014bce1142b10bc9cc97fb9f943f43 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@ elastic:
   variables:
     TF_VAR_ec_apikey: $EC_API_KEY
   script: |-
+    cd $TF_ROOT
     printenv
     echo $TF_ADDRESS
-    cd $TF_ROOT
     terraform init 
     terraform validate
     terraform fmt -check