diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eb32381d40254b97b80bdeaa4bb94640b2aff7ea..a2a37ef7e54a094b81824b0f85c90282ce984929 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ cache:
 test_backend:
   script:
    - cd backend
+   - cp .env.example .env
    - npm install
    - npm start