diff --git a/internal_frontend/.gitlab-ci.yml b/internal_frontend/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 78f4882..af8e29f 100644
--- a/internal_frontend/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/internal_frontend/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ build_internal_frontend:
   script:
     - |
       cd internal_frontend
+      echo "# environment file for internal_frontend" > .env
       if [ "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" = "production" ]; then
         echo "NEXTAUTH_URL=$NEXTAUTH_URL_PROD" >> .env
         echo "NEXTAUTH_SECRET=$NEXTAUTH_SECRET_PROD" >> .env
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ build_internal_frontend:
         echo "KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_ID=$KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_ID_TEST" >> .env
         echo "KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_SECRET=$KEYCLOAK_CLIENT_SECRET_TEST" >> .env
       fi
-      echo "KEYCLOAK_ISSUER=$KEYCLOAK_ISSUER" > .env
+      echo "KEYCLOAK_ISSUER=$KEYCLOAK_ISSUER" >> .env
       echo "Contents of .env file:"
       cat .env
       npm install