diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bbcee35beff94e90d267bb94ac9ecd7060933fa7..7e73813be54f0088a9bc62375108e265e659d242 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 test_app:
   script: 
+    - python setup.py install
     - python tests/tests.py TestWriter
     - python tests/tests.py TestBaseSearchClass
     - python tests/tests.py TestComputeFstat