diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5dc7085f2454d08e6b97bf46b0914ae0876c3bcb..0679927d44ed74cb4385265e567d138bfc9eb843 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ image: ${BENCHMARKS_REGISTRY}/${BENCHMARKS_CONTAINER}:${BENCHMARKS_TAG}
 variables:
   DETECTOR: "epic"
   DETECTOR_VERSION: "main"
+  DETECTOR_REPOSITORYURL: 'https://github.com/eic/epic.git'
+  DETECTOR_CONFIG: epic_craterlake
+       
 
 workflow:
   rules:
@@ -75,6 +78,20 @@ common:detector:
     - print_env.sh
     - ls -lrth
 
+rec_benchmarks:
+  stage: benchmarks
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_SERVER_HOST == "eicweb.phy.anl.gov"' 
+  needs: ["common:variables"]
+  variables:
+    COMMON_BENCH_VERSION: "$COMMON_BENCH_VERSION"
+    DETECTOR: "epic"
+    DETECTOR_REPOSITORYURL: 'https://github.com/eic/epic.git'
+    DETECTOR_CONFIG: epic_craterlake
+  trigger:
+    project: EIC/benchmarks/reconstruction_benchmarks
+    strategy: depend
+
 detector_benchmarks:
   stage: benchmarks
   rules: