diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f7762063d19e558ef6632b39cc0f468fcb6ff8aa..da33647dab6f01bb4ec98f87106396b3f9d71c88 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ variables:
   variables:
     MOUNT_POINT: /stack
     BUILDCACHE: "/work/scitas-ge/richart/ci/buildcache"
-    COMMAND_OPTIONS_SBATCH: ${slurm_options}
+    COMMAND_OPTIONS_SBATCH: ${slurm_options} --pty
     APPTAINER_EXEC_OPTIONS: ${apptainer_options} --cleanenv --no-home --bind ${BUILDCACHE}:/buildcache:rw --bind ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}:${MOUNT_POINT}
 
 .spack_cache: