diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4eaca870caf8f2223a6279496d0764dcc69a95a4..01ee584aa9bb534fcdda0bbd53c68f620838bcc8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -89,11 +89,21 @@ track_test_1_dummy_test:
     - bash trackers/dummy_test.sh
   allow_failure: true
 
-simple_tracking_test:
+roman_pot_simu:
+  stage: simulate
+  tags:
+    - sodium
+  script:
+    - bash trackers/roman_pot_simu.sh
+  allow_failure: true
+
+roman_pot_benchmark:
   stage: benchmarks
   tags:
     - sodium
   script:
+    - cp NPDet/src/GenericDetectors/trackers/compact/elements.xml trackers/.
+    - cp NPDet/src/GenericDetectors/trackers/compact/materials.xml trackers/.
     - root -b -q trackers/simple_tracking.cxx+
   allow_failure: true
 
diff --git a/trackers/roman_pot.xml b/trackers/roman_pot.xml
index 6db76136a4d1122692416e0af82eeb68403d6da0..f16715918ffd4849ea68ffc900a652fd8f4a9741 100644
--- a/trackers/roman_pot.xml
+++ b/trackers/roman_pot.xml
@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@
   <detectors>
     <detector id = "1" name = "MyRomanPot" type = "RomanPot" readout =
               "ForwardRomanPotHits" vis = "InvisibleWithDaughters">
-      <dimensions x = "3.0*cm" y = "3.0*cm" delta = "0.5*cm" />
-      <frame x = "10.0*cm" y = "5.0*cm" z = "2*cm" />
+      <dimensions x = "5.0*cm" y = "5.0*cm" delta = "0.05*mm" />
+      <frame x = "20.0*cm" y = "10.0*cm" z = "2*cm" />
       <position z_offset = "20.0*m" rotation = "false" vmax = "10*cm" v = "0.5*cm" />
       <layer repeat = "5">
         <slice material="Carbon"  thickness="0.5*mm"  vis = "BlueVis" />
diff --git a/trackers/roman_pot_simu.sh b/trackers/roman_pot_simu.sh
index 5159f51f0c3472ed80a8d9224495ad7ead51a41c..91ea178467e326adb416010e459b42e7e6c1ed51 100755
--- a/trackers/roman_pot_simu.sh
+++ b/trackers/roman_pot_simu.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-ddsim --runType batch -N 100 \
+ddsim --runType batch -N 300 \
 	--inputFiles ../data/forward_ions.hepmc \
 	--compactFile ./roman_pot.xml \
-	--outputFile ./roman_pot_out.root
+	--outputFile ../sim_output/roman_pot_out.root
diff --git a/trackers/simple_tracking.cxx b/trackers/simple_tracking.cxx
index 047ebb2f02a447648eccced1dc50d6b4be3d8278..b394bb91e6675025dceeaa7d8fab58d6d7f0a059 100644
--- a/trackers/simple_tracking.cxx
+++ b/trackers/simple_tracking.cxx
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ R__LOAD_LIBRARY(libDDG4IO.so)
 //#include "lcio2/TrackerRawDataData.h"
 //#include "lcio2/TrackerRawData.h"
 
-void simple_tracking(const char* fname = "sim_output/roman_pot_out.root"){
+void simple_tracking(const char* fname = "../sim_output/roman_pot_out.root"){
 
   ROOT::EnableImplicitMT(); // Tell ROOT you want to go parallel
   //using namespace lcio2;