diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 74d595083e203effad52d397399e26b616bb8a6e..9b711a54657c971a51edf4b8f30a424c7bdef5ea 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ default:
     paths:
       - results/
       - images/
+    before_script:
+      - git clone https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/detectors/topside.git && mkdir topside/build && cd topside/build && cmake ../. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local && make -j20 install && cd ../..
         #    exclude:
         #      - .git/
         #      - datasets/.git/
-    before_script:
-      - git clone https://eicweb.phy.anl.gov/EIC/detectors/topside.git && mkdir topside/build && cd topside/build && cmake ../. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local && make -j20 install && cd ../..
         #    - cd NPDet/build && cmake ../. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr/local && make -j10 && make install
 
 stages: