diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ebba4fb7a02514ddb96617bdec5588cc54722409..bfc71b3c897e65d93dcca03ad944873142478a5c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@
 variables:
   RUNDIR: "/project/BICF/BICF_Core/shared/astrocyte_test_ci/rnaseq_test"
   TEST_BRANCH: "master"
+  GIT_SUBMODULE_STATEGY: recursive
 
 before_script:
   - module load nextflow/0.27.6
   - mkdir -p "${RUNDIR}"
+  - ln -s /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/rnaseq/* ${RUNDIR}/test_data/
   - echo $RUNDIR
-  - ln -s /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/rnaseq ${RUNDIR}/test_data
+  - ls -l ${RUNDIR}/test_data/
 
 stages:
   - integration
diff --git a/workflow/process_scripts b/workflow/process_scripts
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b6d2f6898ecc1890b4df305e9505bdaa5eace4a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/workflow/process_scripts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b6d2f6898ecc1890b4df305e9505bdaa5eace4a6