diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3948a08fc4f4cbd8920dc2be3a43f8044e7b5d67..d323ad32eb7ee7ed5a2099aa039ec659274a0e86 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 stages:
         - build
         - test
@@ -25,13 +24,15 @@ test_coverage:
         services:
                 - postgres:9.5
         script:
-                - coverage run backend/manage.py test --noinput
+                - cd backend/
+                - coverage run manage.py test --noinput
                 - coverage report --skip-covered
 
 test_pylint:
         <<: *test_definition
         script:
-                - pylint backend/core || exit 0
+                - cd backend/
+                - pylint core || exit 0
 
 
 .staging_template: &staging_definition