diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 201d278bf64c408db33099c823a684587dfbb5d1..1f45a3c22dd8b07657bb0e2dd28257a893f236fc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ unittest_py3.8:
     # TODO: Use f-branch logic here
     - pip install git+https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-pylib.git@dev
     - pip install git+https://gitlab.indiscale.com/caosdb/src/caosdb-advanced-user-tools.git@dev
+    - pip install .
     # actual test
     - caosdb-crawler --help
     - pytest --cov=caosdb -vv ./unittests