diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d78c66a11c9c736fc23f8805a987871e0902a814..404481e49cf6c591bd0c11b575985b4e3cdea552 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ services:
 variables:
   CONTAINER_RELEASE_IMAGE: registry.git.mpib-berlin.mpg.de/krause/burnpy:latest
 
+stages:
+  - test
+  - build
+
+test:
+  image: python:latest
+  script:
+    - python test.py
+
 build:
   script:
     - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN registry.git.mpib-berlin.mpg.de