diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0592a7ad526ee40580622e37e0a0ee4a223551aa..aa13453e8fecc6e3d3e4fedb569b03397f6764a1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ test:
       - echo $CAOSDB_TAG
       - docker login -u testuser -p $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD $CI_REGISTRY
       - cd .docker
-      - CERTPATH=/git/.docker/cert CAOSDB_TAG=$CAOSDB_TAG docker-compose  up -d
+      - DIR=`pwd`
+      - CERTPATH=$DIR"/.docker/cert" CAOSDB_TAG=$CAOSDB_TAG docker-compose  up -d
       - docker-compose -f tester.yml run tester 
       - rc=$?
       - docker-compose  down