diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5a99725d4a4a6790b5d01ce4276d8276087335d9..ed1f7b4b499202c165c5a170c87215f0ec3ceb36 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ linting_octave:
   stage: test
   script:
     - mh_lint --octave ./
+  allow_failure: true
 
 # linting with clang-tidy and include-what-you-use
 linting_cpp:
@@ -103,6 +104,7 @@ linting_cpp:
     - cd ../build
     - cmake -D LINTING=On ..
     - cmake --build .
+  allow_failure: true
 
 # trigger the integration tests
 trigger_inttest:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4c125fbdf53fed65cd80b4db905e9d77be07e88d..d344115b18ee85c2e42bec7dff89f51e609812e5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ doc:
 	cd doc && $(MAKE) html
 
 style:
-	# Wait for https://github.com/florianschanda/miss_hit/issues/224
+	# Disabled until https://github.com/florianschanda/miss_hit/issues/224 is resolved.
 	# mh_style --fix --octave src doc
 	clang-format-11 --dry-run --verbose --Werror $(shell find test/ src/ -type f -iname "*.cpp" -o -iname "*.hpp" -o -iname "*.h" -o -iname "*.h.in")
 .PHONY: style
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ test:
 
 .PHONY: pkg-test
 pkg-test: install
-	octave --eval "pkg load caosdb; caosdb --version"
+	octave --eval "pkg load caosdb; cc = caosdbClass()"
 
 .PHONY: pkg
 pkg: dist/caosdb.tar.gz