diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b9b796efb9cf3a70014cf344363e93d5899ddd95..c75f8fa464aa3f784031634abfa5fc3e8d0d2193 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ job1:
    - EXTERNAL_SHARE_RESULTS_DIR=$EXTERNAL_SHARE_DIR/$git_branch/$git_head
    - echo $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR
    - echo $EXTERNAL_SHARE_RESULTS_DIR
+   - echo $NRUNS_LTE_SOFTMODEM
+   - echo $TIMEOUT_CMD
    - mkdir -p $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log
    - python $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py -c -5GRepoHeadVersion $git_head -n $NFS_SHARE_DIR -u $OAI_USER -p $OAI_PASS  $OAI_EXTRA_ARGS -g "$OAI_TEST_CASE_GROUP">& $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/python_autotest_cleanup.log
-   - python $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py -r -5GRepoHeadVersion $git_head -n $NFS_SHARE_DIR -u $OAI_USER -p $OAI_PASS `echo $OAI_EXTRA_ARGS` -g "$OAI_TEST_CASE_GROUP" >& $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/python_autotest.log
+   - python $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py -r -5GRepoHeadVersion $git_head -n $NFS_SHARE_DIR -u $OAI_USER -p $OAI_PASS `echo $OAI_EXTRA_ARGS` -g "$OAI_TEST_CASE_GROUP" --nrun_lte_softmodem $NRUNS_LTE_SOFTMODEM --timeout_cmd $TIMEOUT_CMD >& $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/python_autotest.log
    - mv $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/python_autotest.log $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/python_autotest.log
    - mv $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/python_autotest_cleanup.log $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/python_autotest_cleanup.log
    - sshpass -p "$OAI_PASS" rsync -az -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "  --rsync-path="mkdir -p $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR && rsync" $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log $OAI_USER@localhost:$NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR