diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 73c869b682e941d2d2a4d3c2eaed0b4e19d47747..3205f487708a5e53ee57ce1829637046bf5566be 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ build:
   stage: build
   extends: .only-main-mr
   timeout: 2 hours
+  variables:
+    GIT_CLONE_PATH: $CI_BUILDS_DIR/$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE/$CI_PROJECT_NAME
   script:
     - cmake -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PWD/install
         -Dscalfmm_USE_MKL=ON
@@ -66,6 +68,7 @@ test:
   dependencies:
     - build
   variables:
+    GIT_CLONE_PATH: $CI_BUILDS_DIR/$CI_PROJECT_NAMESPACE/$CI_PROJECT_NAME
     OMP_NUM_THREADS: 4
   script:
     - ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure --no-compress-output --output-junit $PWD/test.xml