diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d3713bafbb780153c0c3ad9f50208958eb2755b9..046b87f54a82c44961ff6b069f845260d1245ae9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ seqwho:
     - schedules
   script:
   - wget -O SeqWho.ix https://cloud.biohpc.swmed.edu/index.php/s/eeNWqZz8jqN5zWY/download
+  - mkdir -p SeqWho_call_plots/test_data/fastq/small/
   - singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/seqwho0.0.1:1.0.0' seqwho.py -h | grep -o Version.* > version_seqwho.txt
   - singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/seqwho0.0.1:1.0.0' seqwho.py -f test_data/fastq/small/Q-Y5F6_1M.R1.fastq.gz -x SeqWho.ix
   - pytest -m seqwho