diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eb96c17b5924f52d3b2d2eed2b82fd211a4a2678..0a25a449ba1030f3dd68e367f7e8f482f9f54ea2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -294,9 +294,9 @@ uploadInputBag:
     fi
   - echo THIS IS A TEST FILE > test.txt
   - >
-    md5=$(md5sum ./test.txt | awk '{ print $1 }')
-    size=$(wc -c < ./test.txt)
-    exist=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' curl -s https://dev.gudmap.org/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:Input_Bag/File_MD5=${md5})
+    md5=$(md5sum ./test.txt | awk '{ print $1 }') &&
+    size=$(wc -c < ./test.txt) &&
+    exist=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' curl -s https://dev.gudmap.org/ermrest/catalog/2/entity/RNASeq:Input_Bag/File_MD5=${md5}) &&
     if [ "${exist}" == "[]" ]; then
       cookie=$(cat credential.json | grep -A 1 '\"dev.gudmap.org\": {' | grep -o '\"cookie\": \".*\"')
       cookie=${cookie:11:-1}