diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 52c1c735ae1338311eb2ceb7f146c76af7df6847..29f2967928ae1be6bee98d5420dd64ebfbe89178 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ eic_singularity:
   stage: phase2
   tags:
      - singularity
+  only:
+     - tags
   script:
      - cp containers/singularity/eic.def .
      - /bin/bash .gitlabci/setup.sh