diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 12d05bda5f9671c57da446e6b0fab4b13d3721b3..72f4d77ecf5d9b92187d68ada952db4e5ba57164 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ mypy:
   tags: [ docker ]
   stage: linting
   script:
-    - mypy  src/caosdb
+    - make mypy
   allow_failure: true
 
 # run unit tests