diff --git a/vars/buildDoocsTargetConfig.groovy b/vars/buildDoocsTargetConfig.groovy
index 79e060caf30c828219da33cf5c6aa67a00d3703b..1e1e4617f240f24c0dfe915be3270096c1e2a6fd 100644
--- a/vars/buildDoocsTargetConfig.groovy
+++ b/vars/buildDoocsTargetConfig.groovy
@@ -53,10 +53,10 @@ def transformIntoStep(String buildName) {
               if [ "${label}" == "bionic" ]; then
                 DOOCSARCH=Ubuntu-18.04-x86_64
               fi
-              mkdir -p /export/doocs/${DOOCSARCH}/lib/pkgconfig
-              touch /export/doocs/${DOOCSARCH}/lib/pkgconfig/.keep
               echo "export DOOCSARCH=\${DOOCSARCH}" > /export/doocs/doocsarch.env
               sudo -H -u msk_jenkins git clone http://doocs-git.desy.de/cgit/doocs/\${DOOCSARCH}.git
+              mkdir -p /export/doocs/${DOOCSARCH}/lib/pkgconfig
+              touch /export/doocs  /${DOOCSARCH}/lib/pkgconfig/.keep
               cd \${DOOCSARCH}
               sed -i CONFIG -e 's|^EPICS[[:space:]]*=.*\$|EPICS = '/export/epics'|'
               mkdir -p /scratch