diff --git a/.gitlab/CI/check.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/CI/check.gitlab-ci.yml
index 05b1aab855..87888de38e 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CI/check.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/CI/check.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ tag-test:
   script:
     - git config --global user.email "gitlab@veloren.net"
     - git config --global user.name "Veloren Admin"
+    - git remote remove api-origin || echo "api-origin remote did not already exist"
     - git remote add api-origin https://oauth2:$TAGTOKEN@gitlab.com/veloren/veloren.git
     - git tag -f airshipper
     - git push api-origin --tags -f