diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index 1dd06c2..81f0529 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pipeline:
   node-compile:
     image: *node_image
     commands:
+      - echo '{"user_id":"ci-dummy","access_token":"ci-dummy","home_server":"ci-dummy","device_id":"ci-dummy"}' > src/config/synapse_access_token.json
       - npm run compile
 
   # node-test:
diff --git a/src/config/.gitkeep b/src/config/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29