diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 9e99b24..6476a83 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ steps:
   - name: build quarto site
     image: cynkra/quarto-r:1.4.169-4.3.1
     commands:
+      - 'echo "install.packages(\"rmarkdown")\" | r -'
       - quarto render
   - name: deploy to running app instance
     image: git.coopcloud.tech/coop-cloud/docker-cp-deploy:latest