diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 00797c53d4f20e13bf253acc4ff9cb2be431a43d..71f75f157f076b6e20aa9a6b54f664328b502b03 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ build-testenv: &build-testenv
     - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
 
       #build testenv image
-    - docker pull $CPPLIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE || { CPPLIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE="$CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-cpplib/testenv:dev" ; docker pull $CPPLIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE ; }
+    - docker pull $CPPLIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE || { CPPLIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE="$CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-cpplib/testenv:dev" ; echo "Using cpplib@dev instead."; docker pull $CPPLIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE ; }
     - docker build
       --build-arg CPPLIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE=$CPPLIB_REGISTRY_IMAGE
       --file .docker/Dockerfile