diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index da6ec9e..82f6b02 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ rustfmt:
   stage: "lint"
   script:
     - rustup component add rustfmt
+    # Create blank versions of our configured files
+    # so rustfmt does not yell about non-existent files or completely empty files
+    - echo -e "" >> podcasts-gtk/src/config.rs
+    - echo -e "" >> podcasts-gtk/src/static_resource.rs
     - rustc -Vv && cargo -Vv
     - cargo fmt --version
     - cargo fmt --all -- --color=always --check