diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 68ee9ceb5ead4311861ab92c5224a2b7f7fdb651..acb133b5be9f6f5e79c352f6704633fbe716d907 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 before_script:
   - module add  python/3.6.1-2-anaconda
   - pip install --user pytest-pythonpath
+  - module load nextflow/0.24.1-SNAPSHOT
+  - ln -s /project/shared/bicf_workflow_ref/workflow_testdata/chipseq/*fastq.gz test_data/
 
 test:
   script:
+  - nextflow run workflow/main.nf
   - pytest