diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c2739182acbfdef84c807b23edefe210a44c352e..d0e808c9b62e87ef127c46916eefac757f2936d1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ before_script:
   - module load python/3.6.4-anaconda
   - pip install --user attrs==20.3.0 pytest==6.2.2 pytest-pythonpath==0.7.3 pytest-cov==2.11.1
   - module load singularity/3.5.3
-  - export SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR=${dir}/cache
+  - export SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR=${dir}cache/
   - module load nextflow/20.01.0
   - ln -sfn /project/BICF/BICF_Core/shared/gudmap/test_data/* ./test_data/
   - mkdir -p ~/.deriva