diff --git a/DEBIAN/conffiles b/.DEBIAN/conffiles
similarity index 100%
rename from DEBIAN/conffiles
rename to .DEBIAN/conffiles
diff --git a/DEBIAN/control b/.DEBIAN/control
similarity index 100%
rename from DEBIAN/control
rename to .DEBIAN/control
diff --git a/DEBIAN/postinst b/.DEBIAN/postinst
similarity index 100%
rename from DEBIAN/postinst
rename to .DEBIAN/postinst
diff --git a/DEBIAN/postrm b/.DEBIAN/postrm
similarity index 100%
rename from DEBIAN/postrm
rename to .DEBIAN/postrm
diff --git a/DEBIAN/prerm b/.DEBIAN/prerm
similarity index 100%
rename from DEBIAN/prerm
rename to .DEBIAN/prerm
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0176c7c..3cbaa87 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ build:package:
     # create build directory for .deb sources
     - mkdir build
     # copy install instructions
-    - cp -r DEBIAN build/
+    - cp -r .DEBIAN build/DEBIAN
     # copy app into "/usr/share/fastapi-dls" as "/usr/share/fastapi-dls/app" & copy README.md and version.env
     - mkdir -p build/usr/share/fastapi-dls
     - cp -r app build/usr/share/fastapi-dls
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ deploy:debian:
   rules:
     #- if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
     - changes:
-        - DEBIAN/**/*
+        - .DEBIAN/**/*
         - app/**/*
   needs:
     - job: build:package