diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f87c318c7eb10f050f9b383cc27a8c92f12cf7cb..11cdd3ee62d4c7e220a54726976c86de24e73cf3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -212,18 +212,18 @@ testing_stage:
       - cd build/sphere
       - export FFILE=../../test_data/sphere/OSPH
       - echo "Comparing output of SPHERE"
-      - python3 ../../src/scripts/pycompare.py --no-progress --ffile=$FFILE --cfile=c_OSPH --html
+      - python3 ../../src/scripts/pycompare.py --no-progress --ffile $FFILE --cfile c_OSPH --html
       - echo "Checking consistency among legacy and HDF5 configuration files"
       - ../testing/test_TEDF ../../test_data/sphere/DEDFB c_TEDF c_TEDF.hd5
       - cd ../cluster
       - echo "Comparing output of CLUSTER"
       - export FFILE=../../test_data/cluster/OCLU
-      - python3 ../../src/scripts/pycompare.py --no-progress --ffile=$FFILE --cfile=c_OCLU --html
+      - python3 ../../src/scripts/pycompare.py --no-progress --ffile $FFILE --cfile c_OCLU --html
       - echo "Testing cluster with 24 spheres"
       - OMP_NUM_THREADS=1 OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT=1 OMPI_ALLOW_RUN_AS_ROOT_CONFIRM=1 mpirun -n 2 ./np_cluster ../../test_data/cluster/DEDFB_24 ../../test_data/cluster/DCLU_24 .
       - echo "Comparing output of CLUSTER with 24 spheres"
       - export FFILE=../../test_data/cluster/OCLU_24
-      - python3 ../../src/scripts/pycompare.py --no-progress --ffile=$FFILE --cfile=c_OCLU --html
+      - python3 ../../src/scripts/pycompare.py --no-progress --ffile $FFILE --cfile c_OCLU --html
       - echo "Checking consistency among legacy and HDF5 configuration files"
       - ../testing/test_TEDF ../../test_data/cluster/DEDFB_24 c_TEDF c_TEDF.hd5
       - echo "Checking consistency among legacy and HDF5 TM files"