diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a2295955aca3a29031f3311ea67f0567d0a07c32..556be2971ca1e778cb8464038f2da15ea59fb0c0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ build-faircoind:
       - master
     variables:
       - $CMD =~ /build/
-#  before_script:
-#    - mkdir -p ~/.faircoin2
+  before_script:
+    - mkdir -p ~/.faircoin2
+    - echo "TEST" > ~/.faircoin2/test.txt
   script:
     - docker-compose build
 
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 0bd387c684d12b7908ceec31dd3a51adb2b2de60..2db5faf513694775902d5851fc06bbf22804ee92 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ services:
     command: '-disablewallet -conf="${FAIRCOIN_CONF}"'
 #    command: '-disablewallet -conf="${FAIRCOIN_CONF}" -blocknotify="${BLOCKNOTIFY}"'
     network_mode: "host"
-    user: "$GITLAB_RUNNER_UID:$GITLAB_RUNNER_GID"
+    user: "${GITLAB_RUNNER_UID}:${GITLAB_RUNNER_GID}"
     volumes:
       - ~/.faircoin2:/home/faircoin/.faircoin2