diff --git a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
index 4a1aa896df..bdd9e359df 100755
--- a/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
+++ b/apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 set -e
-git config --global user.name "$COMMIT_AUTHOR"
-git config --global user.email "$COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
+
 
 HASH=$(sha1sum persist/plugin-$1.zip | cut -d " " -f 1)
 # unzip persist/plugin-$1.zip
@@ -12,6 +11,8 @@ git clone git@github.com:ethereum/remix-plugins-directory.git
 npx ts-node apps/remix-ide/ci/publish_plugin.ts $1 $HASH alpha
 
 cd remix-plugins-directory
+git config user.name "$COMMIT_AUTHOR"
+git config user.email "$COMMIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL"
 git status
 git add .
 git commit -m "Publish plugin $1"