diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 65b3e31..35b44fa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ test:
     # test dev install
     - pip install -e . --no-dependencies
     # run main test
-    - cleaned_data_file=resources/01_Input/flickr_dresden_cc-by-licenses.csv
+    - cleaned_data_file=$(resources/01_Input/flickr_dresden_cc-by-licenses.csv)
     - python tests/test_all.py --maxItems 50 --autoMode --loadIntermediate=$cleaned_data_file
     # create badges
     - pylint --output-format=text tagmaps | tee pylint.txt || pylint-exit $?