diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 27203be1e594b4bc9844578ab9f009143839ea74..468ba43f6452215894e21a9e64014f9960ff016b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 image: python:3.8-slim
 
-variables:
-  PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
+# variables:
+#   PIP_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.cache/pip"
 
 cache:
   paths:
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ test-python3.8:
   script:
     - pwd
     - ls -l
-    - python ./tests/test_general.py 
+    - python ./tests/test_general.py -v