diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c76f573659bccf42dc9b4abe91ddd79a1ad01ba6..87c828a2630d6afc4f4835e30a87a391a9ac6b7a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ testsuite:
     - pip install "git+https://i10git.cs.fau.de/pycodegen/pystencils.git@v2.0-dev"
     - pip install -e .
   script:
-    - pytest -v --cov-report html --cov-report xml:coverage.xml --cov-report term --cov=src/pystencilssfg
+    - pytest -v --cov-report html --cov-report term --cov=src/pystencilssfg
+    - coverage xml # need to run separately for gitlab to parse
   artifacts:
     when: always
     paths: