diff --git a/app/models/deploy_distributed_press.rb b/app/models/deploy_distributed_press.rb
index 09410201..bd80dca4 100644
--- a/app/models/deploy_distributed_press.rb
+++ b/app/models/deploy_distributed_press.rb
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ class DeployDistributedPress < Deploy
 
     time_start
 
+    if remote_site_id.blank? || remote_info['njalla'].blank?
+      create_remote_site!
+      save
+    end
+
     site_client.tap do |c|
       stdout = Thread.new(publisher.logger_out) do |io|
         until io.eof?