diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 67558fe4..6697202a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ jobs:
           mkdir coverage
       - name: test with docker
         run: |
-          docker run -e _JAVA_OPTIONS -e PYTEST_ADDOPTS -v `pwd`/coverage:/coverage -v `pwd`/test:/opt/viral-ngs/source/test --entrypoint /bin/bash $DOCKER_TAG -c 'set -e; cd /opt/viral-ngs/source; env; python -c "import locale; print(locale.getpreferredencoding(False))"; pytest test/unit; cp .coverage /coverage'
+          docker run -e _JAVA_OPTIONS -e PYTEST_ADDOPTS -v `pwd`/coverage:/coverage -v `pwd`/test:/opt/viral-ngs/source/test:rw --entrypoint /bin/bash $DOCKER_TAG -c 'set -e; cd /opt/viral-ngs/source; env; python -c "import locale; print(locale.getpreferredencoding(False))"; pytest test/unit; cp .coverage /coverage'
       - name: run coveralls
         run: |
           mv coverage/.coverage .