diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5468dee3369b8b7b9f2eaa6552baa30c817abb35..8a7dec393efc620aa42325dd87808d9423f2f0f5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
 stages:
   - test
 
+test_api:
+  stage: test
+  image: python:latest
+  script:
+    # run the tests of the runkey classes
+    - python scripts/configdb_stripsRunkeys.py
+
 test_configdb:
   stage: test
 
diff --git a/scripts/configdb_stripsRunkeys.py b/scripts/configdb_stripsRunkeys.py
index d7ad01939d892f05864a9ddf7021062450f6aa77..e98ba79582374ca0aa156ca84bc42c0b28e6e66c 100644
--- a/scripts/configdb_stripsRunkeys.py
+++ b/scripts/configdb_stripsRunkeys.py
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ class RunkeyHCC(RunkeyNode):
         >>> hcc
         {'type': 'HCC', 'payloads': [{'type': 'config', 'meta': True, 'data': {'itsdaq_number': '1', 'module_number': '0', 'hybrid_name': 'Y', 'rx_elink': ['0', '14'], 'tx_elink': '5', 'config': '', 'enable': 'True', 'locked': 'False'}, 'name': 'HCC1'}, {'type': 'enable', 'data': 'True'}, {'type': 'locked', 'data': 'False'}], 'children': [], 'id': '...'}
         >>> hcc.copy()
-        {'type': 'HCC', 'payloads': [{'type': 'config', 'data': "{'itsdaq_number': '1', 'module_number': '0', 'hybrid_name': 'Y', 'rx_elink': ['0', '14'], 'tx_elink': '5', 'config': '', 'enable': 'True', 'locked': 'False'}"}, {'type': 'enable', 'data': 'True'}, {'type': 'locked', 'data': 'False'}, {'reuse_id': '...'}], 'children': [], 'id': '...'}
+        {'type': 'HCC', 'payloads': [{'type': 'enable', 'data': 'True'}, {'type': 'locked', 'data': 'False'}, {'reuse_id': '...'}], 'children': [], 'id': '...'}
         '''
 
         pls = self['payloads']