diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f4858d54bdefc51d4b549683f7428ed6e007d541..bf8e6bc704f2858730ac313dfbfba10d9f6a23fe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ build_badges:
     - chmod +x get-updated-badge-info.sh
   script:
     - echo "Building badges"
-    - ./get-updated-badge-info.sh
+    - singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/gudmap-rbk_base:1.0.0' bash get-updated-badge-info.sh
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - badges/
diff --git a/get-updated-badge-info.sh b/get-updated-badge-info.sh
index 32d2defa2a2f382c4e4eabbb83ba7a3282fb5e5b..7309824b764677757549159ff62224c21a42a749 100644
--- a/get-updated-badge-info.sh
+++ b/get-updated-badge-info.sh
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 echo "collecting stats for badges"
-latest_release_tag=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/gudmap-rbk_base:1.0.0' git tag --sort=-committerdate -l *.*.* | head -1)
+latest_release_tag=$(git tag --sort=-committerdate -l *.*.* | head -1)
 echo "latest_release_tag =" ${latest_release_tag}
-current_pipeline_version=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/gudmap-rbk_base:1.0.0' git show ${latest_release_tag}:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o version.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
+current_pipeline_version=$(git show ${latest_release_tag}:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o version.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
 echo "current_pipeline_version =" ${current_pipeline_version}
-current_nextflow_version=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/gudmap-rbk_base:1.0.0' git show ${latest_release_tag}:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o nextflowVersion.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
+current_nextflow_version=$(git show ${latest_release_tag}:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o nextflowVersion.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
 echo "current_nextflow_version =" ${current_nextflow_version}
-master_pipeline_version=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/gudmap-rbk_base:1.0.0' git show master:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o version.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
+master_pipeline_version=$(git show master:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o version.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
 echo "master_pipeline_version =" ${master_pipeline_version}
-master_nextflow_version=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/gudmap-rbk_base:1.0.0' git show master:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o nextflowVersion.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
+master_nextflow_version=$(git show master:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o nextflowVersion.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
 echo "master_nextflow_version =" ${master_nextflow_version}
-develop_pipeline_version=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/gudmap-rbk_base:1.0.0' git show develop:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o version.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
+develop_pipeline_version=$(git show develop:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o version.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
 echo "develop_pipeline_version =" ${develop_pipeline_version}
-develop_nextflow_version=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/gudmap-rbk_base:1.0.0' git show develop:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o nextflowVersion.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
+develop_nextflow_version=$(git show develop:workflow/nextflow.config | grep -o nextflowVersion.* | grep -oP "(?<=').*(?=')")
 echo "develop_nextflow_version =" ${develop_nextflow_version}
 
 echo "collecting badges"