diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index db2471097fc909c121ecc61cdb658a2378afa141..97fbc0356e4304d5d95bffa4f70f4556803952ac 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 image: ${BENCHMARKS_REGISTRY}/${BENCHMARKS_CONTAINER}:${BENCHMARKS_TAG}
 
+variables:
+  DETECTOR: epic
+  DETECTOR_CONFIG: epic_craterlake
+  DETECTOR_REPOSITORYURL: 'https://github.com/eic/epic.git'
+
 default:
   before_script:
     - source .local/bin/env.sh