diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 43444e69b8ff6f7cc03d56b9b248502c0501ca45..e7b02fc1c60643365cd38625dde00b4b9dce0810 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ deploy_dev:
   stage: deploy
   tags: 
     - deploy_dev
+  variables:
+    DOCKER_HOST: tcp://localhost:2375/
   script:
     - echo "deploying dev"
     - docker login -u $DOCKERHUBUSER -p $DOCKERHUBPASSWORD docker.io