diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 95ab807537f79b71067818d3ff6636c7cdb19ea0..88bb5a50ccd6cc43f5cf52427099284d41d37abc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 test_app:
-  script: 
+  script:
+    - . /home/greg/lalsuite-install/etc/lalapps-user-env.sh
     - /home/greg/anaconda2/bin/python tests.py TestWriter
     - /home/greg/anaconda2/bin/python tests.py TestBaseSearchClass
     - /home/greg/anaconda2/bin/python tests.py TestComputeFstat