diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 86218397a513a844de504dda53647c325f7cf590..e026fb9aa7a9dabc753bf908bc2b7c5cf7998cfe 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ before_script:
   - sh ci/install_basics.sh
   - pip install --process-dependency-links -r ci/requirements.txt
   - pip3 install --process-dependency-links -r ci/requirements.txt
-  - python setup.py install
+  - python2 setup.py install
 
   
 # test_min:
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ before_script:
 
 pages:
   script:
-  - python docs/better_apidoc.py -l -e -d 2 -t docs/generation-templates -o docs/source/mod nifty4
+  - python2 docs/better_apidoc.py -l -e -d 2 -t docs/generation-templates -o docs/source/mod nifty4
   - sphinx-build -b html docs/source/ docs/build/
   - mv docs/build/ public/
   artifacts: