diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eb6563ff85bd59fadd65ac3ecbb04ab7649bfd8a..f5f7b7c5a832bd608bf9db52ab638ad316dea0c8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ get_data:
   needs:
     - ["get_data","common:setup"]
   before_script:
-    - mc config host add S3 https://eics3.sdcc.bnl.gov:9000 ${S3_ACCESS_KEY} ${S3_SECRET_KEY}
+    - mc config host add S3 https://eics3.sdcc.bnl.gov:9000 ${S3_ACCESS_KEY} ${S3_SECRET_KEY} || echo "Failed to configure S3."
     - source .local/bin/env.sh
     - source /opt/detector/epic-main/setup.sh
     - ls -lrtha