diff --git a/bin/gen_ci_config b/bin/gen_ci_config
index 0d38a2a5b03adfbb8498407926df2347952f60d6..2fef102c60d3bfd3c5ebf8c3de66d2a387e11039 100755
--- a/bin/gen_ci_config
+++ b/bin/gen_ci_config
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ set -- "${POSITIONAL[@]}" # restore positional parameters
 shopt -s nullglob
 ifile=0
 
+
+cat <<EOF 
+stages:
+  #- simulate
+  - benchmarks
+
 for script_name in ${BENCHMARK_SCRIPT_DIR}/*.sh
 do
   filename=$(basename ${script_name})