diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test-deployment.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test-deployment.yml
index a730f3b..5d5f2c7 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test-deployment.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test-deployment.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,17 @@ jobs:
           repository: cerc-io/test-deployment-stack
           ref: 'main'
           path: 'test-deployment-stack'
+      - name: "Create fake deployment dir"
+        run: |
+          mkdir deployments
+          mkdir deployments/test-deployment
+          echo "Some data" >  deployments/test-deployment/data.txt
+      - name: "Test uploading an artifact"
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: test-deployment-data
+          path: |
+            deployments
       - name: "Show checked out files"
         run: ls -lR
       - name: "Deploy test stack"