diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 91322ef7d70555cc45c5200cf130f04259c3e9ab..97821478e8aa6ab20ccc91078d07433f3f5a5332 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ default:
         - mn2l
 
 variables:
-    GIT_CLONE_PATH: /builds/$CI_PROJECT_PATH/PF/fpm
+    GIT_CLONE_PATH: /builds/$CI_PROJECT_PATH/FPM_BUILD/fpm # cannot work in /builds/$CI_PROJECT_PATH
 
 stages:
     - .pre
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ format:
     stage: build
     script:
         - clang-format --version # we use clang-format-10 exclusively
-        - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/../waves/scripts/format_code.py
+        - ${GIT_CLONE_PATH}/../waves/scripts/format_code.py
         - mkdir -p patches
         - if git diff --patch --exit-code > patches/clang-format.patch; then echo "Clang format changed nothing"; else echo "Clang format found changes to make!"; false; fi
     artifacts:
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ build:
     script:
         - mkdir build
         - cd build
-        - cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/../waves -Wno-dev ..
+        - cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${GIT_CLONE_PATH}/../waves -Wno-dev ..
         - make -j $(nproc)
     artifacts:
         paths: