diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b23d7aa..6e571cd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,35 +1,42 @@
 include:
   - https://invent.kde.org/sysadmin/ci-tooling/raw/master/invent/ci-before.yml
   - https://invent.kde.org/sysadmin/ci-tooling/raw/master/invent/ci-extragear-linux.yml
   - https://invent.kde.org/sysadmin/ci-tooling/raw/master/invent/ci-extragear-freebsd.yml
   - https://invent.kde.org/sysadmin/ci-tooling/raw/master/invent/ci-extragear-windows.yml
 
 #reenable test stage for our custom build was disabled by ci-tooling config
 stages:
   - build
   - test
 
 build_ubuntu_18_04:
   stage: build
   image: reporter123/cmake:bionic
 
   before_script:
      - apt-get update
      - apt-get install -y gettext qtbase5-dev extra-cmake-modules libkf5i18n-dev libkf5coreaddons-dev libkf5iconthemes-dev libkf5parts-dev libkf5doctools-dev libkf5crash-dev
   script:
     - cmake -DBUILD_TESTING=YES .
     - make
+  artifacts:
+    untracked: true
   retry:
     max: 2
     when:
       - runner_system_failure
       - stuck_or_timeout_failure
 
 ubuntu_18_04_test:
     stage: test
     needs: ["build_ubuntu_18_04"]
-    #overide default before script this is not part of the standard kde ci
     before_script:
-        - echo ""
+      - apt-get update
+      - apt-get install -y cmake make
     script:
         - make ARGS="-V -E appstreamtest" test #exclude appstreamtest this does not run properly in my image
+    retry:
+      max: 2
+      when:
+       - runner_system_failure
+       - stuck_or_timeout_failure