diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index a13de60..d2765f5 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ kind: pipeline
 type: docker
 name: default
 steps:
+- name: prereq
+  image: cburki/mosquitto-clients
+  commands:
+    - lastknownip=$(mosquitto_sub -h mqtt.ctdo.de -t "homie/$hostname/\$localip" -C 1)
 - name: build
   image: python:3.10
   commands:
@@ -10,7 +14,7 @@ steps:
     - sed -i "s/WIFIPASS/$iotpwd/" data/homie/config.json 
     - sed -i "s/HOSTNAME/$hostname/g" data/homie/config.json 
     - sed -i "s/HOSTNAME/$hostname/g" data/homie/config.json 
-    - lastknownip=$(mosquitto_sub -h mqtt.ctdo.de -t "homie/$hostname/\$localip" -C 1)
+    - echo $lastknownip
     - sed -i "s/HOSTNAME/$lastknownip/g" platformio.ini
     - cat data/homie/config.json
     - cat platformio.ini