diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bb675b3a8819dd39028a7f9c1609299343340ea0..39979322468fdbd31538cc5ad95fd19b0756fc45 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -77,9 +77,8 @@ unittest_py3.8:
   script: &python_test_script
     # install dependencies
     - pip install pytest pytest-cov
-    - pip install .
     # actual test
-    - pytest --cov=linkahead_python_package_template -vv ./unittests
+    - cd laonpy && pytest --cov=linkahead_python_package_template -vv ./unittests
 
 unittest_py3.9:
   tags: [cached-dind]