diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 80a2d6c7aaa537569d7ff4e97e22f0e3d4104bd1..8bd982f755c89b10bc642ce38ad6f5810907ceb4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ jug_xl:nightly:
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
       when: never
-    - when: on_success
+    - when: manual
   artifacts:
       expire_in: 1 days
       paths:
@@ -314,12 +314,6 @@ jug_xl:singularity:nightly:
   needs: 
     - version
     - jug_xl:nightly
-  rules:
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
-      when: on_success
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
-      when: on_success
-    - when: never
   variables:
     BUILD_IMAGE: "jug_xl"
   script:
@@ -348,16 +342,21 @@ juggler:master:
   allow_failure: true
 
 .test:
+  image: eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/containers/eic_container/jug_xl:${NIGHTLY_TAG}
   stage: test
   needs:
     - version
-    - jug_xl:singularity:nightly
+    - jug_xl:nightly
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
       when: on_success
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
       when: on_success
     - when: never
+  before_script:
+    - echo "Testing the new container setup"
+  after_script:
+    - echo "Testing completed"
 
 include:
   - local: 'tests/tutorial/config.yml'
diff --git a/tests/tutorial/config.yml b/tests/tutorial/config.yml
index c9933e23cf942f9669061c0c86c9408a33ff2673..068ad03789c7098b2452de05cb4ea3416364b7c4 100644
--- a/tests/tutorial/config.yml
+++ b/tests/tutorial/config.yml
@@ -5,15 +5,5 @@
 test:tutorial:
   extends: .test
   script:
-    - mkdir eic && cd eic
-    - mkdir -p .gitlab-ci && mv ../build/jug_xl.sif .gitlab-ci/jug_xl-ci-test.sif
-    # setup our environment to be weird
-    - |
-      echo ROOTSYS=/invalid-path >> ~/.bashrc
-      echo CC=`which gfortran` >> ~/.bashrc
-      echo CXX=`which gfortran` >> ~/.bashrc
-    # setup tutorial starting position
-    - bash ../install.sh -v ci-test
-    # now attempt the tutorial
-    - ./eic-shell -- ../tests/tutorial/quick-start.sh
-    - ./eic-shell -- ../tests/tutorial/part1.sh
+    - tests/tutorial/quick-start.sh
+    - tests/tutorial/part1.sh