diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0c442f2023a01f7f84d5c0d4fab8713b1730c818..287275cecf68afbeb6de0a6ac3473250a6019237 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ build_cluster_cicd:
   tags:
   - heat
   before_script:
+    - cd $DEFAULT_PATH
     - echo "$GC_KEY" > gc_key.pem
     - chmod 400 gc_key.pem
     - echo "$HPCCICD_openrc" > ./$NECTAR_ALLOCATION-openrc.sh
@@ -69,8 +70,8 @@ build_cluster_cicd:
     - echo "heat stage"
     - source ./$NECTAR_ALLOCATION-openrc.sh
     - openstack stack list
-    - bash -x ./CICD/heat/heatcicdwrapper.sh create_or_update $STACKNAME
-    - bash -x ./CICD/heat/server_rebuild.sh all
+    - bash -x ./heat/heatcicdwrapper.sh create_or_update $STACKNAME
+    - bash -x ./heat/server_rebuild.sh all
   after_script:
     - sleep 30 # artifically wait a bit to give the nodes time to boot
 #  only: