diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 086dafc12410ea34ce9576ec521e4c8f9487f1b1..8dda5a7c45d11161198fb2a3fb5986b16ba6b86e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -289,19 +289,27 @@ uploadInputBag:
   - ln -sfn `readlink -e ./test_data/auth/credential.json` ./credential.json
   - >
     hatrac=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' deriva-hatrac-cli --host dev.gudmap.org ls /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/ | grep -o /TESTX$)
-    echo ${hatrac} &&
-    if [ -z "${hatrac}" ]; then singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' deriva-hatrac-cli --host dev.gudmap.org mkdir /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/TESTX; fi
+    if [ -z "${hatrac}" ]; then
+      singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' deriva-hatrac-cli --host dev.gudmap.org mkdir /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/TEST
+      echo /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/TEST created
+    else
+      echo /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/TEST already exists
+    fi
   - echo THIS IS A TEST FILE > test.txt
   - >
     md5=$(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}) &&
-    echo $exist &&
+    exist=$(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} &&
       loc=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' deriva-hatrac-cli --host dev.gudmap.org put ./test.txt /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/TEST/test.txt) &&
-      singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' python3 ./workflow/scripts/uploadInputBag.py -f test.txt -l ${loc} -s ${md5} -b ${size} -o dev.gudmap.org -c ${cookie}
+      rid=singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' python3 ./workflow/scripts/uploadInputBag.py -f test.txt -l ${loc} -s ${md5} -b ${size} -o dev.gudmap.org -c ${cookie} &&
+      echo ${rid} test input bag created
+    else
+      rid=\$(echo \${exist} | grep -o '\\"RID\\":\\".*\\",\\"RCT') &&
+      rid=\${rid:8:-6} &&
+      echo ${rid} test input bag already exists
     fi