diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/.gitlab-ci.yml b/apps/cic-eth/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4b79713d..f81caf23 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ build-mr-unittest-cic-eth:
         - .py_build_unittest_merge_request
     rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
-      changes:
-      - $CONTEXT/$APP_NAME/**/*
+    #   changes:
+    #   - $CONTEXT/$APP_NAME/**/*
       when: always
 
 test-mr-unittest-cic-eth:
@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ test-mr-unittest-cic-eth:
         - .py_unittest_merge_request
     rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
-      changes:
-      - $CONTEXT/$APP_NAME/**/*
+    #   changes:
+    #   - $CONTEXT/$APP_NAME/**/*
       when: always
     
 
diff --git a/ci_templates/.cic-template.yml b/ci_templates/.cic-template.yml
index d4ccc6ac..e195f5c7 100644
--- a/ci_templates/.cic-template.yml
+++ b/ci_templates/.cic-template.yml
@@ -22,26 +22,20 @@ variables:
   stage: build
   variables:
     CI_DEBUG_TRACE: "true"
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - $APP_NAME-test-image.tar
-    expire_in: 1 day
-    when: on_success
   script:
     - mkdir -p /kaniko/.docker
     - echo "{\"auths\":{\"$CI_REGISTRY\":{\"username\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_USER\",\"password\":\"$CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD\"}}}" > "/kaniko/.docker/config.json"
-    - /kaniko/executor --context $CONTEXT --dockerfile $DOCKERFILE_PATH $KANIKO_CACHE_ARGS --cache-repo $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE --target test --tarPath $APP_NAME-test-image.tar --no-push --destination $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$APP_NAME:latest
+    - /kaniko/executor --context $CONTEXT --dockerfile $DOCKERFILE_PATH $KANIKO_CACHE_ARGS --cache-repo $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE --target test --tarPath $APP_NAME-test-image.tar --destination $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$APP_NAME-test:latest
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
       when: always
 
 
 .py_unittest_merge_request:
-  image: docker:latest
   stage: test
-  script:
-    - docker load -i $APP_NAME-test-image.tar
-    - docker images
+  image: $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$APP_NAME-test:latest
+  script: 
+    - pytest
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
       when: always