diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a46180f8bb9a0eda34f6087cee79df95f62d4a10..c89a134fe85ff44193dfd4d372fc19b2c20bd17a 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ stages:
   - deploy
 
 retrieve repo:
+  image: alpine/git
   stage: build
   script:
     - 'git clone https://git-r3lab.uni.lu/R3/school/courses.lcsb.uni.lu.git courses.lcsb.uni.lu'