diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 8327e59..bea8eae 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: configure kubectl with gcloud
           command: |
-            echo $GCLOUD_SERVICE_KEY > ${HOME}/gcloud-service-key.json
-            gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=${HOME}/gcloud-service-key.json
+            echo $GCLOUD_SERVICE_KEY > /tmp/gcloud-service-key.json
+            gcloud auth activate-service-account --key-file=/tmp/gcloud-service-key.json
             gcloud --quiet config set project andy-sandbox
             gcloud --quiet config set compute/zone us-west1-a
             gcloud --quiet container clusters get-credentials dev