diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2a44f7bdf1e309d637d2631103a77bd0f9093369..3e1ebcd1154928b40217ace51e56ac8582d7b2bf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ unittests:
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: test
   script:
-    - service mysql status || echo "failed"
+    - service --status-all || echo "failed"
     - cp config.defaults .config
     - echo "MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD=caosdb1234" >> .config
     - . .config || echo "failed"