diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b2eae12f30ee36dbaccfda73484bf3f5f1ed9f8d..eb96c17b5924f52d3b2d2eed2b82fd211a4a2678 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -287,16 +287,16 @@ uploadInputBag:
     - merge_requests
   script:
   - ln -sfn `readlink -e ./test_data/auth/credential.json` ./credential.json
-  - hatrac=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' deriva-hatrac-cli --host dev.gudmap.org ls /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/ | grep -o /TEST$)
   - >
+    hatrac=$(singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' deriva-hatrac-cli --host dev.gudmap.org ls /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/ | grep -o /TEST$) &&
     if [ -z "${hatrac}" ]; then
       singularity run 'docker://gudmaprbk/deriva1.3:1.0.0' deriva-hatrac-cli --host dev.gudmap.org mkdir /hatrac/resources/rnaseq/pipeline/input_bag/TEST
     fi
   - echo THIS IS A TEST FILE > test.txt
-  - md5=$(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}