diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c5a0ec4293a731f76b0f06c34a5e8bb8b965cc6c..d7c007c3282014aa204c6d9a86245929a9d8b544 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+variables:
+  GIT_DEPTH: 5
+  GIT_CLONE_PATH: $CI_BUILDS_DIR/$CI_CONCURRENT_ID/$CI_PROJECT_NAME/$CI_CONCURRENT_PROJECT_ID
+
+
 before_script:
   - module add  python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
   - pip install --user pytest-pythonpath==0.7.1 pytest-cov==2.5.1