diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8265477..e0a222c 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ jobs:
           at: ~/project/
       - run:
           name: Authenticate with registry
-          command: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" > ~/repo/.npmrc
+          command: echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" > ~/project/.npmrc
       - run:
           name: set package version
           command: npm version from-git