diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 746b2158c6c3bd2335044ec4ee3a001f30a6d5fb..c63e0875c6261f6e713bfa828f61bccd353b1c73 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ license_header:
     - echo "$SSH_PUBLIC_KEY"
     - echo "$SSH_PUBLIC_KEY" >> ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
   script:
-    - git checkout -b ci_processing
+    - git checkout -b ci_processing || git checkout ci_processing
     - echo "$CI_EMAIL"
     - echo "$CI_USERNAME"
     - git config --global user.email "${CI_EMAIL}"