diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0963b1e7ed053eed785cc0212a9174d324047d43..0e9d338bca2c471e6d25694c486187f3b8d9ed51 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ get_data:
   stage: data_init
   needs: ["detector"]
   script:
+    - source options/env.sh
     - ln -s ${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/sim_output sim_output
     - ln -s ${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/datasets/data data
     - cd ${LOCAL_DATA_PATH} && git clone --depth=1 https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/datasets.git datasets
@@ -67,6 +68,10 @@ get_data:
   image: eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/eic/juggler/juggler:$JUGGLER_TAG
   needs:
     - ["get_data"]
+  before_script:
+    - source options/env.sh
+    - ln -s ${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/sim_output sim_output
+    - ln -s ${LOCAL_DATA_PATH}/datasets/data data
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 20 weeks
     paths: