diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index db68b44edf999757dae2d41471f6101fab4c6f36..42320d55ab9808ef47748d2143e92a18aa20846d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ astrocyte:
   - cd ..
   - astrocyte_cli validate chipseq_analysis
   - astrocyte_cli test chipseq_analysis
-  - pytest -m singleend
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 2 days
 
diff --git a/astrocyte_pkg.yml b/astrocyte_pkg.yml
index 1388f66111dfc262566f7a2e4fb0c1ce745ec762..d63bb5ffa3a5b8c4a70131f265ff19242e1cde95 100644
--- a/astrocyte_pkg.yml
+++ b/astrocyte_pkg.yml
@@ -128,11 +128,10 @@ workflow_parameters:
       Reference species and genome used for alignment and subsequent analysis.
 
   - id: astrocyte
-    type: select
+    type: string
     required: true
-    choices:
-      - [ 'true', 'True']
     default: 'true'
+    regex: "true"
     description: |
       Ensure configuraton for astrocyte
 
@@ -156,6 +155,6 @@ vizapp_cran_packages:
 # List of any Bioconductor packages, not provided by the modules,
 # that must be made available to the vizapp
 vizapp_bioc_packages:
-
+  - none 
 vizapp_github_packages:
   - js229/Vennerable