diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f1dcfc8c06580d3c43386b64031eb06759491878..a0373c800efd8f077c0a3d62f3254d48c0dcc6ec 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ before_script:
   - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
   - ssh-keyscan bwunicluster.scc.kit.edu > ~/.ssh/known_hosts
   - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-  - ssh $USER_NAME "pwd"
+  - ssh $USER_NAME "pwd cd m4labhpc_test pwd"
 
 
 Test SSH: