diff --git a/.docker/docker-compose.yml b/.docker/docker-compose.yml
index d44820e732f52dc7212bf8e0c6883baeb77b1b24..56de33a5c1280c82e954e97965e07efbeb40303c 100644
--- a/.docker/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/.docker/docker-compose.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ services:
       - caosnet
     volumes:
       - type: bind
-        source: "cert"
+        source: "$CERTPATH"
         target: /opt/caosdb/cert
     ports:
       # - "from_outside:from_inside"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 464a1cf53200fceaa96cc8fe7e028487aba53a52..0592a7ad526ee40580622e37e0a0ee4a223551aa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ test:
       - echo $CAOSDB_TAG
       - docker login -u testuser -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
       - cd .docker
-      - CAOSDB_TAG=$CAOSDB_TAG docker-compose  up -d
+      - CERTPATH=/git/.docker/cert CAOSDB_TAG=$CAOSDB_TAG docker-compose  up -d
       - docker-compose -f tester.yml run tester 
       - rc=$?
       - docker-compose  down