diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 923f14517ea2ab48ab88e8db8861b152b6686fd5..3491d360a870c1a31511d6d856c3a8e7684e8cb3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ parseMetadata:
   - stranded=$(singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:2.0.1_indev' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p stranded)
   - spike=$(singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:2.0.1_indev' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p spike)
   - species=$(singularity run 'docker://bicf/python3:2.0.1_indev' python3 ./workflow/scripts/parseMeta.py -r Replicate_RID -m "./test_data/meta/metaTest.csv" -p species)
-  - echo -e "${endsMeta},${endsManual},${stranded},${spike},${species},${exp},${study},${repRID}" > design.csv
+  - echo -e "${endsMeta},${endsManual},${stranded},${spike},${species},${exp},${study},${rep}" > design.csv
   - pytest -m parseMetadata
 
 inferMetadata: