diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bb8fdcec..48d901b3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,8 @@ stages:
 
 run_tests:
   stage: test
+  tags: 
+    - gcloud
   script:
-    - node --version
-    - npm --version
-    - env
-    #- npm install github:nearprotocol/nearlib#nightshade
-    #- ls -lh node_modules/nearlib
-    - npm install 
-    - ./bin/near state test.near
-    #- npm install
-    #- npm run test
+    - npm install
+    - NODE_ENV=development npm run test
diff --git a/test/new_project.sh b/test/new_project.sh
index 45c005c8..ce68edbc 100755
--- a/test/new_project.sh
+++ b/test/new_project.sh
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ rm  -rf tmp-project
 # test generating new project in cwd
 mkdir tmp-project
 cd tmp-project
-npm install -g ../
-near new_project
+../bin/near new_project
 npm install
 npm remove near-shell
 npm install ../