diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c269f6d15672d9e06dd7705529c716bfa9526b6e..a42a1acee4959566f6bdb027532004e25a5b469a 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 before_script:
+  - module load astrocyte
   - module load python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
   - module load nextflow/0.31.1_Ignite
   - mkdir test_data/v2s2r100k
@@ -7,8 +8,14 @@ before_script:
   - ln -s /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/cellranger/cellranger_count/v3s2r100k/* test_data/v3s2r100k/
 
 stages:
+  - astrocyte
   - integration
 
+astrocyte_check:
+  stage: astrocyte
+  script:
+  - astrocyte_cli check ../cellranger_count
+
 simple_cr2v2ref1.2.0:
   stage: integration
   script: