diff --git a/testing/gitlab_test.sh b/testing/gitlab_test.sh
index 1e08cf3e665a09850e9e2f6f922a7f18fe47c8da..b7d3dc9b2eeceae6b3e5f6a818e7412e1139c1c4 100755
--- a/testing/gitlab_test.sh
+++ b/testing/gitlab_test.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ docker stack deploy -c ../docker-compose.emg.yml -c ../docker-compose.emg.dev.ym
 apk update && apk add bash postgresql-dev gcc g++ python3-dev musl-dev py-pip libffi-dev openssl-dev make gdal gdal-dev
 pip3 install -r requirements.txt
 
-gdalinfo --version
+python preprocessor_test.py
 ./docker-stack-wait.sh -n renderer -n registrar -n preprocessor -n ingestor -n sftp emg-pvs
 
 docker service ls
diff --git a/testing/preprocessor_test.py b/testing/preprocessor_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..45782accdaed9b7758486d32c0bb1053b98071aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/preprocessor_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+from osgeo import gdal
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