diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 08bb4e94949ae720316076298aea5fae4cf72370..fa4136578c32abefe848b39e2461a33ce15d8ab7 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ before_script:
   - module load python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
   - module load nextflow/0.27.6
   - ln -s /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/cellranger_count/*fastq.gz test_data/
+- ln -s /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/cellranger_count/design.csv test_data/
 
 stages:
   - integration