diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 744859c8988afd69c0cd1caaa811c75faba0e289..9b912c3fc7b3e4c2db95fb5bc7d77932bb954e33 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ build-gnu-gcov:
     - python -m venv cpp_sisso_gnu_gcov_env
     - source cpp_sisso_gnu_gcov_env/bin/activate
     - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/intel/oneapi/intelpython/latest/lib/:$HOME/intel/oneapi/intelpython/latest/lib/python3.7:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
-    - export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/intel/oneapi/intelpython/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/:cpp_sisso_gnu_gcov_env/lib/python3.7/site-packages/
+    - export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/intel/oneapi/intelpython/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/:`pwd`cpp_sisso_gnu_gcov_env/lib/python3.7/site-packages/
     - mkdir build_gcov/
     - cd build_gcov/
     - cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ -DCMAKE_C_COMPILE=gcc -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Coverage" -DBUILD_TESTS=ON -DBUILD_PARAMS=ON -DBUILD_PYTHON=ON  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../gnu_gcov/ ../