diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 19a3c93913d0e04e5a17952fbafacb78e0fb74c5..c2b952cf4992f99efaeaac0e7e9532edcbbbf82e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -81,10 +81,12 @@ test-intel-bin:
     - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$I_MPI_ROOT/lib/:$I_MPI_ROOT/lib/release:$MKLROOT/lib/intel64:$INTEL_COMP_ROOT/lib/:$INTEL_COMP_ROOT/compiler/lib/intel64/:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$HOME/intel/oneapi/intelpython/latest/lib/:$HOME/intel/oneapi/intelpython/latest/lib/python3.7
     - export PYTHONPATH=$HOME/intel/oneapi/intelpython/latest/lib/python3.7/site-packages/:cpp_sisso_env/lib/python3.7/site-packages/
     - export PATH=$INTEL_COMP_ROOT/bin/:$INTEL_COMP_ROOT/bin/intel64:$I_MPI_ROOT/bin:$PATH
-    - export OMP_NUM_THREADS=2
-    - export OMP_PLACES=cores
-    - cd tests/exec_test/classification
-    - mpiexec -n 2 ../../../bin/sisso++
+    - export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
+    - cd tests/exec_test/default/
+    - mpiexec -n 1 ../../../bin/sisso++
+    - python ../check_model.py
+    - cd ../classification/
+    - mpiexec -n 1 ../../../bin/sisso++
     - python check_model.py
     - cd ../default
     - mpiexec -n 2 ../../../bin/sisso++
@@ -162,10 +164,12 @@ test-gnu-bin:
     - source cpp_sisso_env/bin/activate
     - export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$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_env/lib/python3.7/site-packages/
-    - export OMP_NUM_THREADS=2
-    - export OMP_PLACES=cores
-    - cd tests/exec_test/classification
-    - mpiexec -n 2 ../../../bin/sisso++
+    - export OMP_NUM_THREADS=1
+    - cd tests/exec_test/default/
+    - mpiexec -n 1 ../../../bin/sisso++
+    - python ../check_model.py
+    - cd ../classification/
+    - mpiexec -n 1 ../../../bin/sisso++
     - python check_model.py
     - cd ../default
     - mpiexec -n 2 ../../../bin/sisso++