diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3040c3d333f88ef61dd97181445ab7efb1ffc949..f0a8dce734065c30436e9cd606e652d3eae157af 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ before_script:
   - conda init bash && source ~/.bashrc && echo $CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV
   - conda env create -f environment.yml
   - conda activate mir_pipelines && echo $CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV
-
+  - cd test/
 test:
   script:
-    - cd test
     - bash test_workflow_local.sh
     - bash test_dag.sh
     - bash test_rule_graph.sh
diff --git a/test/test_workflow_local.sh b/test/test_workflow_local.sh
index f267712c7c2bed0fd29bf91177f2d9e86c048eb0..7c234ebf7e6744c9875333de7feffd0138482e4d 100755
--- a/test/test_workflow_local.sh
+++ b/test/test_workflow_local.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ snakemake \
 --printshellcmds \
 --snakefile="../snakemake/Snakefile" \
 --use-singularity \
---singularity-args "--no-home --bind ${PWD},${PWD}/../images" \
+--singularity-args "--no-home --bind ${PWD},${PWD}/../../../projects,${PWD}/../images" \
 --cores=4 \
 --rerun-incomplete \
 --configfile config.yaml \