diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 4276eaa..58c84e8 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,8 @@ steps:
   - name: export-envs-to-k8s
     image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
     environment:
-      HOME: /tmp
+      HOME: /tmp/drone-home
+      KUBECONFIG: /tmp/drone-home/.kube/config
       KUBECONFIG_DATA:
         from_secret: K3S_KUBECONFIG
       AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
@@ -61,18 +62,9 @@ steps:
       UPLOAD_DIR:
         from_secret: UPLOAD_DIR
     commands:
-      - echo "--- DEBUG HOME ---"
-      - whoami
-      - echo "HOME=$HOME"
-      - pwd
-      - ls -la $HOME
-      - echo "--- END DEBUG ---"
-
-      - mkdir -p $HOME/.kube
-      - echo "$KUBECONFIG_DATA" | base64 -d > $HOME/.kube/config
-      - export KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/config
+      - mkdir -p /tmp/drone-home/.kube
+      - echo "$KUBECONFIG_DATA" | base64 -d > /tmp/drone-home/.kube/config
       - kubectl get nodes
-
       - |
         cat <<EOF > .env.k8s
         AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=$AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
@@ -93,20 +85,18 @@ steps:
         S3_BUCKET=$S3_BUCKET
         UPLOAD_DIR=$UPLOAD_DIR
         EOF
-
       - kubectl -n gohorsejobs delete secret backend-secrets --ignore-not-found
       - kubectl -n gohorsejobs create secret generic backend-secrets --from-env-file=.env.k8s
 
   - name: deploy-backend
     image: bitnami/kubectl:latest
     environment:
-      HOME: /tmp
+      HOME: /tmp/drone-home
+      KUBECONFIG: /tmp/drone-home/.kube/config
       KUBECONFIG_DATA:
         from_secret: K3S_KUBECONFIG
     commands:
-      - mkdir -p $HOME/.kube
-      - echo "$KUBECONFIG_DATA" | base64 -d > $HOME/.kube/config
-      - export KUBECONFIG=$HOME/.kube/config
-
+      - mkdir -p /tmp/drone-home/.kube
+      - echo "$KUBECONFIG_DATA" | base64 -d > /tmp/drone-home/.kube/config
       - kubectl apply -f k8s/backend-deployment.yaml
       - kubectl apply -f k8s/backend-service.yaml