diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9db69b6a9b85e39d65e9479dc80c96c4433a3a35..fa2c03b2b8bdc7c496ca6615721dd483750a10de 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ before_script:
   - wget -nv https://common-lisp.net/project/cmucl/downloads/snapshots/2016/09/cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.tar.bz2
   - wget -nv https://common-lisp.net/project/cmucl/downloads/snapshots/2016/09/cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.extra.tar.bz2
   - mkdir snapshot
-  - (cd snapshot; tar xjf cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.tar.bz2; tar xjf cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.extra.tar.bz2)
+  - (cd snapshot; tar xjf ../cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.tar.bz2; tar xjf ../cmucl-2016-09-x86-linux.extra.tar.bz2)
   - git clone https://gitlab.common-lisp.net/cmucl/cmucl.git
 
 test: