diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fa4c7d069735b497729c903f7c982b7f3ce3379e..fa6f59e5281bfcb9b4fbc2ad1e558afbcdf00071 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ test:server:
     dependencies:
         - build:server
     script:
-        - touch conf/usersources.ini
+        - echo "defaultRealm = CaosDB" > conf/usersources.ini
         - mvn test
 
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