diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 618b277c2c425f5fb497e7b70e847264e734385c..49d666a7868dc93727d0984fbb114d74aa0b6aed 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 image: ${BENCHMARKS_REGISTRY}/${BENCHMARKS_CONTAINER}:${BENCHMARKS_TAG}
 
+variables:
+  DETECTOR: epic
+  DETECTOR_CONFIG: epic_craterlake
+  DETECTOR_REPOSITORYURL: 'https://github.com/eic/epic.git'
+
+
 default:
   interruptible: true
   tags: