diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eb44569784c41e056da3f7d23181c8a6550f4849..e198a3e2665e67cc6fc145cf690db45d0130653e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ stages:
 test_human:
   stage: integration
   script:
-    - nextflow run -c nextflow.config -with-dag flowchart.png -with-timeline human_timeline.html -with-report human_report.html workflow/main.nf --design  /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/rnaseq/design.rnaseq.txt --input  /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/rnaseq --output human_output
+    - nextflow -bg run -c nextflow.config -with-dag flowchart.png -with-timeline human_timeline.html -with-report human_report.html workflow/main.nf --design  /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/rnaseq/design.rnaseq.txt --input  /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/rnaseq --output human_output
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 2 days
 
 test_mouse:
   stage: integration
   script:
-    - nextflow run -c nextflow.config -with-dag flowchart.png -with-timeline mouse_timeline.html -with-report mouse_report.html  workflow/main.nf --input  /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/rnaseq --design /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/rnaseq/mouse_se.design.txt --pairs se --fusion skip --genome /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/mouse/GRCm38 --markdups null --output mouse_output
+    - nextflow -bg run -c nextflow.config -with-dag flowchart.png -with-timeline mouse_timeline.html -with-report mouse_report.html  workflow/main.nf --input  /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/rnaseq --design /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/rnaseq/mouse_se.design.txt --pairs se --fusion skip --genome /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/mouse/GRCm38 --markdups null --output mouse_output
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 2 days