diff --git a/.github/workflows/on_merge_to_master.yaml b/.github/workflows/on_merge_to_master.yaml
index b221540c0..ed941f34f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/on_merge_to_master.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/on_merge_to_master.yaml
@@ -21,6 +21,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.MOONLITE_AWS_EC2_SSH_KEY }}
 
+      - name: Create .env file
+        working-directory: ./
+        run: |
+          echo "SDAPI_USERNAME=${{ vars.MOONLITE_SDAPI_USERNAME }}" >> .env
+          echo "SDAPI_PASSWORD=${{ vars.MOONLITE_SDAPI_PASSWORD }}" >> .env
+
       - name: SSH into EC2 and deploy the app
         run: |
           ssh -o ServerAliveInterval=60 -o ServerAliveCountMax=60 -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no ${{ secrets.MOONLITE_AWS_EC2_SSH_USER }}@${{ secrets.MOONLITE_AWS_EC2_SSH_HOST }} << 'EOF'