diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0b4b582358d851d0bd97451ed2d69cc21d289038..f72ef6a4c604a356745f52e1ab15edd870b20f71 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ before_script:
   - mkdir -p test_data/hu.v3s2r10k
   - mkdir -p test_data/mu.v3s2r10k
   - mkdir -p test_data/hu.v2s2r10k
+  - mkdir -p test_data/output
   - ln -sfn /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/cellranger/cellranger_count/hu.v2s1r500/* test_data/hu.v2s1r500/
   - ln -sfn /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/cellranger/cellranger_count/hu.v3s1r500/* test_data/hu.v3s1r500/
   - ln -sfn /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/cellranger/cellranger_count/mu.v3s1r500/* test_data/mu.v3s1r500/