diff --git a/gitlab/build.sh b/gitlab/build.sh
index 1e2b3fe4288b52af6e28194cdc9963fb5681e0fe..214531a6c6aa020b5de232a49aea41c9ab822b50 100755
--- a/gitlab/build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/build.sh
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ BOB_BUILD_NUMBER=`head -n 1 ./_ci/${OS_SLUG}/${PYTHON_VERSION}/build_number.txt
 export_env BOB_BUILD_NUMBER
 
 # copy the recipe_append.yaml over before build
-run_cmd cp ./ci/recipe_append.yaml conda/recipe_append.yaml
+run_cmd cp ./_ci/recipe_append.yaml conda/recipe_append.yaml
 
 run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda build --no-anaconda-upload --variant-config-files _ci/conda_build_config.yaml --python=${PYTHON_VERSION} conda