diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 74e8f5ee4d4f21c4f18b55caadbed213a234002a..bc0f3db8c6f9f5f6c206fd43b1398b9137f21b66 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ unittest_py3.9:
     # install dependencies
     - *env
     - pip install pytest pytest-cov
+    - pip install .
     - python3 -c "import sys; assert sys.version.startswith('$PYVER')"
     # actual test
     - cd loanpy && pytest --cov=loanpy -vv ./unittests
diff --git a/loanpy/pyproject.toml b/loanpy/pyproject.toml
index c8603d8f8fe0c68c7002c156b442bb302ba5ca6f..5379cb78bc17bd8bae3ca0af9546a701d4ca12e4 100644
--- a/loanpy/pyproject.toml
+++ b/loanpy/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 requires-python = ">= 3.8"
 dependencies = [
-	     "caosadvancedtools",
-	     "py3-validate-email",
-             "linkahead"
+   "caosadvancedtools",
+   "py3-validate-email",
+   "linkahead"
 ]
 
 [project.urls]