diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ce985a27d31b16d59d8d34e69c21303b7ce0238d..9024b010f2616d4b24844db05cd540582eb2c319 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ waves:
         - cd build
         - cmake -Wno-dev -C ../CMake/disable-trilinos.cmake ..
         - make -j $(nproc)
+        - ls ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/..
     artifacts:
         paths:
             - ../waves/
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ format:
     <<: *global_tag_def
     stage: build
     script:
+        - ls ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/..
         - clang-format --version # we use clang-format-10 exclusively
         - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/../waves/scripts/format_code.py
         - mkdir -p patches
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ build:
     <<: *global_tag_def
     stage: build
     script:
+        - ls ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/..
         - mkdir build
         - cd build
         - cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/../waves -Wno-dev ..
@@ -88,6 +91,7 @@ ctest:
     <<: *global_tag_def
     stage: test
     script:
+        - ls ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/..
         - cd build
         - ctest -j $(nproc) --output-on-failure #--verbose
     #timeout: 10 hours  # will be available in 12.3