diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 15daf2e51d29e51b1207d19f041a606414ea2a69..5f02bc3f9674e4f6ab1258a5e96a484d45039ecf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ stages:
 info:
   tags: [cached-dind]
   image: docker:20.10
-  stage: setup_tests
+  stage: info
   timeout: 1 minutes
   needs: []
   script:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ build-testenv:
     - if echo "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" | grep -c "^f-" ; then
         # this is an f-branch
         CPPINT_REF=$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME ;
-      fi;
+      fi
     # ... or use main if possible...
     - if [[ "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" == "main" ]] ; then
         CPPINT_REF=main ;
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ build-test:
     - cmake -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/lib/libcaosdb-${CPPLIB_VERSION} ..
     - cmake --build .
   artifacts:
-    path:
+    paths:
       - build/
     expire_in: 1 week
 
@@ -139,27 +139,27 @@ test:
           # the CAOSDB_TAG has to be guessed...
           if echo "$F_BRANCH" | grep -c "^f-" ; then
             CAOSDB_TAG=${DEPLOY_REF}_F_${F_BRANCH}-latest;
-            echo "Load deploy images with tag: $CAOSDB_TAG ..."
+            echo "Load deploy images with tag $CAOSDB_TAG ..."
             if ! docker pull $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy:$CAOSDB_TAG ; then
-              echo "Load deploy images with tag: $CAOSDB_TAG ... error. Try another:" ;
+              echo "Load deploy images with tag $CAOSDB_TAG ... error. Try another:" ;
               CAOSDB_TAG=${DEPLOY_REF}-latest ;
-              echo "Load deploy images with tag: $CAOSDB_TAG ..."
+              echo "Load deploy images with tag $CAOSDB_TAG ..."
               docker pull $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy:$CAOSDB_TAG ;
-              echo "Load deploy images with tag: $CAOSDB_TAG ... success"
+              echo "Load deploy images with tag $CAOSDB_TAG ... success"
             fi
 
           else
             # no F_BRANCH -> use default DEPLOY_REF branch
             CAOSDB_TAG=${DEPLOY_REF}-latest ;
-            echo "Load deploy images with tag: $CAOSDB_TAG ..."
+            echo "Load deploy images with tag $CAOSDB_TAG ..."
             docker pull $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy:$CAOSDB_TAG ;
-            echo "Load deploy images with tag: $CAOSDB_TAG ... success"
+            echo "Load deploy images with tag $CAOSDB_TAG ... success"
           fi;
         else
           # If the CAOSDB_TAG was given
-          echo "Load deploy images with tag: $CAOSDB_TAG ..."
+          echo "Load deploy images with tag $CAOSDB_TAG ..."
           docker pull $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy:$CAOSDB_TAG ;
-          echo "Load deploy images with tag: $CAOSDB_TAG ... success"
+          echo "Load deploy images with tag $CAOSDB_TAG ... success"
         fi
 
       - docker load < /image-cache/${CPPINTTEST_IMAGE_CACHE} || true
@@ -193,7 +193,6 @@ test:
 
         # exit with fail when errors exist
       - exit $rc
-  dependencies: [cert]
   timeout: 3h
   artifacts:
     paths: