diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c83ead0eac8610c98a766c534dc989d5161c0279..9531a957374fb5c25a303414ad08b64bf603cd9f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ test:
     - apk add --update py-pip
     - pip install -r requirements.txt
     - pytest
+    - chmod +x env_setup.sh
+    - ./env_setup.sh
     - docker stack deploy -c docker-compose.vhr18.yml -c docker-compose.vhr18.dev.yml vhr18-pvs
     - docker exec -it $(docker ps -qf "name=vhr18-pvs_renderer") python3 /var/www/pvs/dev/pvs_instance/manage.py id list
   # after_script:
diff --git a/env_setup.sh b/env_setup.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..54950493a79ef0ff8edb9cfe093d7d4be5f1f3d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/env_setup.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+cat vhr18_db > env/vhr18_db.env
+cat vhr18_django > env vhr18_django.env
+cat vhr_obs > vhr_obs.env