diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a261c6ea93a65350e1d74063b5d3aa47c995b1f2..4c55a4ca61e02d6b2263e52fec14d4c24a1167c6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ testing_stage:
       - export FFILE=../../test_data/cluster/OCLU
       - python3 ../../src/scripts/pycompare.py --no-progress --ffile=$FFILE --cfile=c_OCLU --html
       - echo "Testing cluster with 24 spheres"
-      - OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 mpirun -n 2 ./np_cluster ../../test_data/cluster/DEDFB_24 ../../test_data/cluster/DCLU_24 .
+      - OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT=1 OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT_CONFIRM=1 mpirun -n 2 ./np_cluster ../../test_data/cluster/DEDFB_24 ../../test_data/cluster/DCLU_24 .
       - echo "Comparing output of CLUSTER with 24 spheres"
       - export FFILE=../../test_data/cluster/OCLU_24
       - python3 ../../src/scripts/pycompare.py --no-progress --ffile=$FFILE --cfile=c_OCLU --html