diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3f51aa9..16df49a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,15 +19,16 @@ build:
                 - apt update
                 - apt install -y gcc g++ libssl-dev uuid-dev xsltproc docbook docbook-xsl libmariadbclient-dev
                 - MOSQ_SRC=`pwd`/parts/mosquitto
+                - BUILD_DIR=`pwd`
                 - pushd parts/mosquitto 
                 - sed -i 's,prefix=/usr/local,prefix=/opt,' config.mk 
-                - env DESTDIR=$CI_BUILDS_DIR make 
-                - env DESTDIR=$CI_BUILDS_DIR make install 
+                - env DESTDIR=$BUILD_DIR make 
+                - env DESTDIR=$BUILD_DIR make install 
                 - popd
                 - pushd parts/mosquitto-auth-plug 
-                - cat config.mk.in | sed 's,^MOSQUITTO_SRC =,MOSQUITTO_SRC = '"$CI_BUILDS_DIR"'/opt,' > config.mk 
+                - cat config.mk.in | sed 's,^MOSQUITTO_SRC =,MOSQUITTO_SRC = '"$BUILD_DIR"'/opt,' > config.mk 
                 - sed -i 's,CFLAGS += -I$(MOSQUITTO_SRC)/src/,CFLAGS += -I$(MOSQUITTO_SRC)/include/,' Makefile
                 - make
-                - cp auth-plug.so $CI_BUILDS_DIR/opt/lib
+                - cp auth-plug.so $BUILD_DIR/opt/lib
                 - popd