diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 045202d8aa3cb9f583cf32725c114c0beea7a0af..c24946cd10dc69d536b2b640b315799d87ec420c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ test:centos7.3:
   - echo "    Building OST..."
   - mkdir build-ci
   - cd build-ci
-  - wget ftp://ftp.wwpdb.org/pub/pdb/data/monomers/components.cif.gz
   - cmake .. -DENABLE_MM=1
              -DOPEN_MM_LIBRARY=$EBROOTOPENMM/lib/libOpenMM.so
              -DOPEN_MM_PLUGIN_DIR=$EBROOTOPENMM/lib/plugins
@@ -78,6 +77,9 @@ test:centos7.3:
              -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS=" -pthread"
   - make -j 2 chemdict_tool
   - echo "    ... done building OST."
+  - echo "    Downloading chemical compounds..."
+  - wget ftp://ftp.wwpdb.org/pub/pdb/data/monomers/components.cif.gz
+  - echo "    ... done downloading compounds"
   - echo "    Building a compound library..."
   - stage/bin/chemdict_tool create components.cif.gz compounds.chemlib pdb -i
   - stage/bin/chemdict_tool update ../modules/conop/data/charmm.cif compounds.chemlib charmm