diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 51db8c83aa2f496577b739a05b7671edbb8b435e..b67d485a3bb97016d0a68cc242da449fb8243d63 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ variables:
     MOUNT_POINT: /stack
     BUILDCACHE: "/work/scitas-ge/richart/ci/buildcache"
     MIRROR: "/work/scitas-ge/richart/ci/mirror"
+    FAKEHOME: "/scratch/richart"
     COMMAND_OPTIONS_SBATCH: ${slurm_options}
-    APPTAINER_EXEC_OPTIONS: ${apptainer_options} --cleanenv --no-home -H $(mktemp -d -p $CI_PROJECT_DIR/.tmp):$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 --no-home -H $(mktemp -d -p ${FAKEHOME}/.tmp):$HOME --bind ${BUILDCACHE}:/buildcache:rw --bind ${MIRROR}:${MOUNT_POINT}/spack-mirror:rw --bind ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}:${MOUNT_POINT} --bind /dev/tty
 
 .spack_cache:
   cache: