diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index db82cf562eee686263a2c3dddbce6baa650f9464..3e68859c9478b370033d23d3ce4aabf7944bd46a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -75,9 +75,6 @@ build:
 test:
   image: docker:latest
   stage: test
-  variables:
-    BUCKET_NAME: pvs_testing
-    UPLOAD_CONTAINER: pvs_testing
   services:
     - docker:dind
   before_script:
@@ -95,6 +92,7 @@ test:
     - docker push registry.gitlab.eox.at/esa/prism/vs/pvs_client:latest
     - docker swarm init
     - docker stack deploy -c docker-compose.emg.yml -c docker-compose.emg.dev.yml emg-pvs
+    - export UPLOAD_CONTAINER=pvs_testing
   script:
     # - swift post --auth-version $ST_AUTH_VERSION_DOWNLOAD --os-identity-api-version 3 --os-auth-url $OS_AUTH_URL_DOWNLOAD --os-username $OS_USERNAME_DOWNLOAD --os-password $OS_PASSWORD_DOWNLOAD --os-tenant-name $OS_TENANT_NAME_DOWNLOAD --os-tenant-id $OS_TENANT_ID_DOWNLOAD --os-region-name $OS_REGION_NAME_DOWNLOAD preprocessor_test
     - apk update && apk add postgresql-dev gcc python3-dev musl-dev py-pip gdal