diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6a984959ce304e4c0532fdb3b57e3adb58277f20..008818391b3b0bb817a9ab12175f32efb17338fe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ waves:
     <<: *global_tag_def
     stage: .pre
     script:
-        - pwd
         - printenv | sort
         - cd ..
         - rm -rf waves
@@ -38,8 +37,9 @@ format:
     stage: build
     script:
         - clang-format --version # we use clang-format-10 exclusively
-        - pwd
-        - ./${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/../waves/scripts/format_code.py
+        - ls ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/..
+        - ls ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/../waves
+        - .${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/../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:
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ build:
     <<: *global_tag_def
     stage: build
     script:
-        - pwd
         - mkdir build
         - cd build
         - cmake -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/../waves -Wno-dev ..