diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7b57889ca828491ccd25f2f2226acecec933462d..d1035177ff2a282a7c44a6f88624d387e1de26e7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ parseMetadata:
   - stranded=$(singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:2.0.1_indev' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p stranded)
   - spike=$(singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:2.0.1_indev' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p spike)
   - species=$(singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:2.0.1_indev' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p species)
+  - echo -e "\${endsMeta},\${endsManual},\${stranded},\${spike},\${species},\${exp},\${study},\${repRID}" > design.csv
   - pytest -m pareseMetadata
 
 inferMetadata: