diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml b/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml
index 6c0b445..b261d17 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-deploy.yaml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ jobs:
           # restore acme & dkim state to staging.testrun.org
           rsync -avz acme-restore/acme/ root@staging.testrun.org:/var/lib/acme || true
           rsync -avz dkimkeys-restore/dkimkeys/ root@staging.testrun.org:/etc/dkimkeys || true
-          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme
+          ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=accept-new -v root@staging.testrun.org chown root:root -R /var/lib/acme || true
 
       - name: run formatting checks 
         run: cmdeploy fmt -v