diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 357855f854390d8134793c5d566dc7db2e8e1031..b980833b20946733a758ca45c7a38dd918b1d8da 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -172,6 +172,7 @@ test_internals:
     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