diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d54373c952b285dd7a3f050193902a07dbf19510..780733f914e0cf0c12d8905ae140552f80449e4d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -46,8 +46,7 @@ building_stage:
       - cat /etc/os-release
       - cd src
       - echo "Running make ..."
-      - make -j
-      - ls ../objects
+      - make -j || ls ../objects
       - make docs -j && make -C ../doc/build/latex -j
 
 running_stage: