diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 669f95a70e585b7278b5ea37d444990388148dcf..b8240669514509d449cf53274056e804bdbcbf61 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ test:
       - /bin/sh ./run.sh
 
         # collect log files
-      - cd ..
       - docker logs docker_caosdb-server_1 &> ../caosdb_log.txt
       - docker logs docker_sqldb_1 &> ../mariadb_log.txt
 
@@ -176,7 +175,7 @@ test:
       - CAOSDB_TAG=$CAOSDB_TAG docker-compose -f .docker/docker-compose.yml down
 
         # collect results
-      - rc=`cat .docker/result`
+      - rc=`cat result`
 
         # renew mariadb image in the cache (why? to renew the timestamp???)
       - echo mariadb:$(docker image ls mariadb | grep mariadb | awk '{print $2}')