diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 67ccdc9d..5307d25c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,43 +1,14 @@
-include:
-  #- local: 'ci_templates/.cic-template.yml' #kaniko build templates
-  # these includes are app specific unit tests
-  - local: 'apps/cic-eth/.gitlab-ci.yml'
-  - local: 'apps/cic-ussd/.gitlab-ci.yml'
-  - local: 'apps/cic-notify/.gitlab-ci.yml'
-  - local: 'apps/cic-meta/.gitlab-ci.yml'
-  - local: 'apps/cic-cache/.gitlab-ci.yml'
-    #- local: 'apps/contract-migration/.gitlab-ci.yml'
-    #- local: 'apps/data-seeding/.gitlab-ci.yml'
-
-stages:
-  - build
-  - test
-  - deploy
-
-image: registry.gitlab.com/grassrootseconomics/cic-internal-integration/docker-with-compose:latest
+default:
+  image: docker:latest
+  tags:
+    - cic-runner
 
 variables:
+  REGISTRY: registry.gitlab.com/kamikazechaser/cic-monorepo
   DOCKER_BUILDKIT: "1"
-  COMPOSE_DOCKER_CLI_BUILD: "1"
-  CI_DEBUG_TRACE: "true"
 
 before_script:
     - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN $CI_REGISTRY
 
-# runs on protected branches and pushes to repo
-build-push:
-  stage: build
-  tags:
-    - integration
-  #script:
-  #  - TAG=$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA sh ./scripts/build-push.sh
-  script:
-    - TAG=latest sh ./scripts/build-push.sh
-  rules:
-  - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED == "true"
-    when: always
-
-deploy-dev:
-  stage: deploy
-  trigger: grassrootseconomics/devops
-  when: manual
+include:
+  - local: 'apps/cic-eth/.gitlab-ci.yml'
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diff --git a/apps/cic-eth/.gitlab-ci.yml b/apps/cic-eth/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fd609ed9..62335cdd 100644
--- a/apps/cic-eth/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/apps/cic-eth/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,33 @@
-build-test-cic-eth:
-  stage: test
-  tags:
-    - integration
-  variables:
-    APP_NAME: cic-eth
-    MR_IMAGE_TAG: mr-$APP_NAME-$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
+stages:
+  - build-push
+  - test
+
+variables:
+  APP_NAME: cic-eth
+
+workflow:
+  rules:
+    - changes:
+      - apps/$APP_NAME/**/*
+
+cic-eth:build-push:
+  stage: build-push
   script:
-    - cd apps/cic-eth
-    - docker build -t $MR_IMAGE_TAG -f docker/Dockerfile . 
-    - docker run $MR_IMAGE_TAG sh docker/run_tests.sh
+    - cd apps/$APP_NAME
+    - docker pull $REGISTRY/$APP_NAME:latest || true
+    - docker build --cache-from $REGISTRY/$APP_NAME:latest -t $REGISTRY/$APP_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA -f docker/Dockerfile .
+    - docker push $REGISTRY/$APP_NAME --all-tags
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" || $CI_COMMIT_REF_PROTECTED == "true"
+
+cic-eth:test:
+  variables:
+    GIT_STRATEGY: none
+  stage: test
+  needs: ["cic-eth:build-push"]
+  variables:
+  allow_failure: true
+  script:
+    - docker run $REGISTRY/$APP_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA sh docker/run_tests.sh
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
-      changes:
-          - apps/$APP_NAME/**/*
-      when: always