diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0aa25376b4b495dd3d5d293aeed8962864f244a2..d16d87010e0f32678d84f6fef81b8e26d6bc9635 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ variables:
     policy: pull-push
     paths:
       - spack/
+      - stack/
       - compiler_definitions.yaml
 
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/ci/setup_spack.sh b/ci/setup_spack.sh
index 9584380272312621cea91da01e7716a3fe157d6e..6a16f2e0d0fae8b2e5bfd946e2a13ca68db1296b 100755
--- a/ci/setup_spack.sh
+++ b/ci/setup_spack.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
 
 SPACK_VERSION=$(jq -r .spack.version config.json)
-
-STACK_LOCATION=$(jq -r .stack.mount_point config.json)
+#STACK_LOCATION=$(jq -r .stack.mount_point config.json)
+STACK_LOCATION=stack/
 
 echo "Setting up spack"
 if [ ! -d spack/.git ]; then