diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 52e23cdaf..e6e18bc9b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,14 +1,17 @@
 stages:
   - deploy
 
+publishToFTP:
+  stage: deploy
+  script:
+    - lftp -e "mirror -R site . ; quit;" -u $FTP_USER,$FTP_PASSWORD $FTP_HOST
+
 pages:
+  stage: deploy
   script:
     - mkdocs build
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - site
 
-publishToFTP:
-  stage: deploy
-  script:
-    - lftp -e "mirror -R site . ; quit;" -u $FTP_USER,$FTP_PASSWORD $FTP_HOST
+