diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bae381d43f8c7bbcfe6766caac46bc100b1b8c01..d7d8bb5bf97853833147d39374ba4f92962041a8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ variables:
     MIRROR: "/work/scitas-ge/richart/ci/mirror"
     FAKEHOME: "/scratch/richart"
     COMMAND_OPTIONS_SBATCH: ${slurm_options}
-    APPTAINER_EXEC_OPTIONS: ${apptainer_options} --cleanenv -H $(mktemp -d -p ${FAKEHOME}/):$HOME --bind ${BUILDCACHE}:/buildcache:rw --bind ${MIRROR}:${MOUNT_POINT}/spack-mirror:rw --bind ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}:${MOUNT_POINT} --bind /dev/tty
+    APPTAINER_EXEC_OPTIONS: ${apptainer_options} --cleanenv -H $(mktemp -d -p ${FAKEHOME}/):${HOME} --bind ${BUILDCACHE}:/buildcache:rw --bind ${MIRROR}:${MOUNT_POINT}/spack-mirror:rw --bind ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}:${MOUNT_POINT} --bind /dev/tty
 
 .spack_cache:
   cache: