diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ade253d5fb1f9ee9602d9d54740273a85e3697c2..ea7ad53f3dd4f5850bad4d44579b31b472e59042 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ variables:
     - cd build
     - echo "CMAKE_ARGS - ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
     - echo "CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS - ${CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS}"
+    - ls ../dependencies-install
+    - ls ../../dependencies-install
     - cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS} ${CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS} ..
     - cmake --build . -- -j2 # using too many threads will cause weird compilation errors on the Ubuntu docker images...
     - cmake --build . -- install
@@ -151,5 +153,5 @@ ubuntu-geomodeL-visualization-builtinNlohmannXercesC:
   needs: ["ubuntu-coin", "ubuntu-soqt"]
   stage: step-C
   variables:
-    CMAKE_ARGS: -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${PWD}/../../dependencies-install
+    CMAKE_ARGS: -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=../dependencies-install
     CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS: -DGEOMODEL_BUILD_VISUALIZATION=TRUE -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_JSON=TRUE -DGEOMODEL_USE_BUILTIN_XERCESC=TRUE