diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6b2138b27cbc6997d954ed5d73054b8ab530cd24..c886825ad3ad30bdb673daba35b0debcd3d71478 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ build:tests:
 
 test:
   stage: test
+  dependencies: build:test
   script: 
     - vagrant --fixture=scripts -- up
     - vagrant --fixture=scripts -- ssh test-runner -- -tt "pip3 install /vagrant/build/$TEST_PACKAGE_NAME"
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ 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