diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f0d7ce194dae7aa7cd5d11b41988e2e1f9e17273..3c5fa716141e8598b668b4c569ca8281428d79b2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 image: eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/whit/image_recipes/root_base:latest
 
-#docker pull eicweb.phy.anl.gov:4567/whit/image_recipes/ubuntu_base:latest 
-
 stages:
   - build
-  - phase2
-
+  - build_sing_img
+  - data_tests
 
 hcana_docker:
   stage: build  
@@ -15,11 +13,10 @@ hcana_docker:
      - docker login eicweb.phy.anl.gov -u whit -p ${CI_IMAGE_BUILD_PAT}
      - cd containers/docker && make release
 
-
 hcana_singularity:
   tags: 
      - singularity
-  stage: phase2
+  stage: build_sing_img
   dependencies:
      - hcana_docker
   script:
@@ -35,4 +32,7 @@ hcana_singularity:
         - build/Singularity.hcana.simg
         - build/Singularity.hcana
 
-
+elastic_tests:
+  stage: data_tests
+  script:
+     - bash tests/elastic_test.sh
diff --git a/tests/elastic_test.sh b/tests/elastic_test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e905686a1d1af1ca57d68ef9f21410cf51864eb3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/elastic_test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "This is the elastic testing..."
+echo " "
+echo "There are currently 0 tests to run!"