diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d91c513238cd324ac9ae0e9a8010d49447084db4..12b4df66976029dd19d7a56a77fdd7020f9b5f75 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ stages:
 build:tests:
   stage: build
   script:
+    - echo $BUILD_REF
     - echo "$BUILD_REF" > clmctest/git-commit-ref  
     - python setup.py sdist --dist-dir=build
   artifacts:
@@ -19,6 +20,8 @@ build:tests:
 
 test:
   stage: test
+  dependencies: 
+    - build  
   script: 
     - vagrant --fixture=scripts -- up
     - vagrant --fixture=scripts -- ssh test-runner -- -tt "pip3 install /vagrant/build/$TEST_PACKAGE_NAME"
@@ -27,7 +30,7 @@ test:
     - vagrant --fixture=monitoring -- ssh test-runner -- -tt "pytest -s --pyargs clmctest.monitoring"  
     - vagrant --fixture=inputs -- up
     - vagrant --fixture=scripts -- ssh test-runner -- -tt "pytest -s --pyargs clmctest.inputs"         
-  when: on_success   
+  when: manual   
 
 clean:
   stage: clean