diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 239ff4c5254d1146e20e67d260ac12c1648b9f23..793194ca06989ad6241cbbf3a5a8085d4dccef23 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -166,21 +166,26 @@ test_internals:
     POSTGRES_PASSWORD: "kennwort"
     DATABASE_URL: "postgis://app:kennwort@dbserver/fnord"
     DJANGO_CREATE_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "Test1234"
-    DJANGO_MIGRATE: "yes"
     SERVE_API: "no"
     SERVE_BACKOFFICE: "no"
     SERVE_FRONTEND: "no"
     BASE_URL: http://hubapp:8000
     ALLOWED_HOSTS: "127.0.0.1,hubapp"
-    DJANGO_DEBUG: "no"
   services:
     - name: postgis/postgis:15-3.3
       alias: dbserver
     - name: "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:ci-$CI_PIPELINE_ID-test"
       alias: hubapp
+      variables:
+        DJANGO_CREATE_ADMIN_PASSWORD: "Test1234"
+        DJANGO_DEBUG: "no"
+        DJANGO_LOAD_FIXTURE: "anhalter"
+        DJANGO_MIGRATE: "yes"
+        DJANGO_SECRET_KEY: "WeAreJustDoingCITestAndAreN0tInProduction"
+        PLAINUI_CONFERENCE: "017c0749-a2ea-4f86-92cd-e60b4508dd98"
   before_script:
     - pip3 install httpie requests "urllib3<2"
-    - echo "testing on: $BASE_URL"
+    - echo "testing on $BASE_URL"
     - timeout 30 bash -c "while timeout -k 3 2 http --check-status GET ${BASE_URL}/.well-known/version; rc=\$?; [ \$rc = 124 -o \$rc = 502 ]; do sleep 1; done; if [ \$rc != 0 ]; then exit \$rc; fi"
     - http --timeout 2.5 --check-status GET ${BASE_URL}/.well-known/health
   only: