diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7b77e2379..d38e8a132 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -44,13 +44,11 @@ test:
   script:
     - cd build
     - export TDIR=./local_prefix/opt/hermit/x86_64-hermit/extra
-    - export FILES="$TDIR/tests/hello
+    - export FILES="$TDIR/tests/hello"
     - export PROXY=./local_prefix/opt/hermit/bin/proxy
     - for f in $FILES; do echo "check $f..."; HERMIT_ISLE=qemu HERMIT_CPUS=1 HERMIT_KVM=0 HERMIT_VERBOSE=1 timeout --kill-after=5m 5m $PROXY $f || exit 1; done
   image: ${IMAGE}
   tags:
     - docker
-  only:
-    - merge_requests
   dependencies:
     - build