diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 57c5c64ffb30259a9f9a3b136327e78e61d8247d..36da36ec5d8fe14fe970057ee80000979fa702a5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -18,10 +18,8 @@ job1:
    - EXTERNAL_SHARE_RESULTS_DIR=$EXTERNAL_SHARE_DIR/$git_branch/$git_head
    - echo $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR
    - echo $EXTERNAL_SHARE_RESULTS_DIR
-   - mkdir -p $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR
-   - mkdir -p $EXTERNAL_SHARE_RESULTS_DIR
-   - python $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py -r -5GRepoHeadVersion $git_head -n $NFS_SHARE_DIR $OAI_EXTRA_ARGS >& $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 >& $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/python_autotest.log
    - mv $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/python_autotest.log $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/python_autotest.log
-   - sshpass -p "$OAI_PASS" rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no " $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/ $OAI_USER@localhost:$NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR
-   - sshpass -p "$OAI_PASS" rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no " $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/ $OAI_USER@localhost:$EXTERNAL_SHARE_DIR
+   - sshpass -p "$OAI_PASS" rsync -avz -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
+   - sshpass -p "$OAI_PASS" rsync -avz -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no " –rsync-path=”mkdir -p $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR && rsync”  $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/ $OAI_USER@localhost:$EXTERNAL_SHARE_DIR