diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 13cca002077e9865a83c76311082c8be0e7dc896..a802345307a06a19c3d521b78750b05e9d70bdfd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 variables:
   GIT_SUBMODULE_STRATEGY: recursive
 
+before_script:
+  - module load singularity/3.5.3
+  - module load awscli/1.19.17
+
 stages:
   - build_stage
   - test_stage
@@ -11,7 +15,7 @@ TEST:
   script:
     - pwd
     - hostname
-    - module load singularity/3.5.3
+    - module list
     - module avail awscli
 
 build.dev: