diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 916eefa0de12d2b9d647d76d655fb77fb58ec70e..7095eef1678233914fc6d7216c166e280f924d2a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ publish-docs:
     - doxygen Doxyfile
     - tar czf docs.tgz -C docs/html .
     - scp docs.tgz $DOCS_SSH_HOST:html/diglog
+    - sleep 1
     - ssh $DOCS_SSH_HOST tar xf html/diglog/docs.tgz -C html/diglog/
+    - sleep 1
     - ssh $DOCS_SSH_HOST rm html/diglog/docs.tgz
   tags:
     - docker