diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 20260afc156cba26e68d792740b4e5153555d2a5..fa97cb1ff84f3d024b8b3fa32a9ade72a4da5b48 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ test:
       - echo $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME
       - echo $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE
 
-      - docker login -u gitlab+deploy-token-ci-pull -p $TOKEN_CI_PULL $CI_REGISTRY_INDISCALE
+      - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
       - time docker load < /image-cache/caosdb-${F_BRANCH}.tar || true
       - if [[ "$CAOSDB_TAG" == "" ]]; then
           if echo "$F_BRANCH" | grep -c "^f-" ; then
@@ -119,7 +119,6 @@ test:
       - time docker load < /image-cache/caosdb-pyint-testenv-${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}.tar || true
       - time docker load < /image-cache/mariadb-${F_BRANCH}.tar || true
       - time docker load < /image-cache/caosdb-${F_BRANCH}.tar || true
-      - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
       - docker pull $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE
       - cd .docker
         # here the server and the mysql backend docker are being started