diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 560b3776bbac9ccf269642195725936c80e14ac0..9af81cd684778744b11832a90b3a798fd1da9927 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -96,8 +96,8 @@ full-deploy-production:
     - sleep 10 # ensure that next command reaches the new server, prevents host key problems
     # TODO move local zip of certificate-docker-volume to server once startup is complete
     - openstack server add volume $INSTANCE_ID $VOLUME_ID
-    - ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new apiserver@$PRODUCTION_DOMAIN "sudo mkdir -p /app/mnt"
-    - ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new apiserver@$PRODUCTION_DOMAIN "sudo mount /dev/vdb1 /app/mnt"
+    - ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new apiserver@$PRODUCTION_DOMAIN "sudo mkdir -p /mnt"
+    - ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new apiserver@$PRODUCTION_DOMAIN "sudo mount /dev/vdb1 /mnt"
     - until ssh -oStrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new apiserver@$PRODUCTION_DOMAIN ls /finished_cloudinit >/dev/null 2>&1; do sleep 30; done # wait until cloudinit script is complete
     - SECRETS_ENCRYPTION_KEY=$SECRETS_ENCRYPTION_KEY, /home/apiserver/datacatalog/deploy_scripts/deployment.sh /home/apiserver/datacatalog $PRODUCTION_URL $PRODUCTION_DOMAIN