diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7b1c87a8fdb58174739a552775e754be1965f96c..33312d11be1f95bb9b968e688b60133ad83921b8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ test:
             CAOSDB_TAG=dev-latest;
         fi
       - echo $CAOSDB_TAG
-      - docker login -u gitlab+deploy-token-ci-pull -p $TOKEN_CI_PULL $CI_REGISTRY_INDISCALE
         #- KNOWN_TAGS=$(curl -u gitlab+deploy-token-ci-pull:$TOKEN_CI_PULL -X GET https://$CI_REGISTRY_INDISCALE/v2/caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy/tags/list)
         # - echo $KNOWN_TAGS
         # test if the caosdb registry knows our current tag
@@ -95,6 +94,7 @@ test:
       - time docker load < /image-cache/mariadb.tar || true
       - time docker load < /image-cache/caosdb.tar || true
       - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
+      - docker login -u gitlab+deploy-token-ci-pull -p $TOKEN_CI_PULL $CI_REGISTRY_INDISCALE
       - docker pull $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE
       - cd .docker
         # here the server and the mysql backend docker are being started
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ test:
       - cd ..
       - docker logs docker_caosdb-server_1 &> ../caosdb_log.txt
       - docker logs docker_sqldb_1 &> ../mariadb_log.txt
-      - docker login -u $INDISCALE_USER -p $INDISCALE_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY_INDISCALE
       - docker-compose -f .docker/docker-compose.yml down
       - rc=`cat .docker/result`
       - exit $rc