diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d49fdcdff7e931e161760534a569eef03924f344..21e2d8bc603f2b099b0350aab0d74f35dcaec927 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ minimal-windows:
     - win
   script:
     - echo $0
-    - /cygdrive/c/Users/build/Miniconda3/Scripts/conda activate pystencils_dev
-    - /cygdrive/c/Users/build/Miniconda3/Scripts/conda env list
+    - set PATH=%PATH%;\cygdrive\c\Users\build\Miniconda3;\cygdrive\c\Users\build\Miniconda3\Scripts\
+    - conda activate pystencils_dev
     - grep sympy setup.py
     - grep -Eo 'sympy[>=]+[0-9\.]+' setup.py | sed 's/>/=/g'
     - conda update sympy==1.2