diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7e73813be54f0088a9bc62375108e265e659d242..7d43a641f0299af90f9ca130b2cd72095384a950 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 test_app:
   script: 
+    - alias python='/home/greg/anaconda2/bin/python'
     - python setup.py install
     - python tests/tests.py TestWriter
     - python tests/tests.py TestBaseSearchClass