diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6d8edf41616d0fa84c25747d7e81503d2286b3a9..6c73980a22c43bcd3554c3dde9bd7897bc2db0ea 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ test_topfarm_windows:  # name the job what we like
   stage:  # build, test, deploy defined by default [2]
     test
   script:
-  - dir
+  - activate pyTopfarm
   - cd tests
   - py.test --cov-report term-missing:skip-covered --cov=topfarm
   tags:  # select which runners can do this job [3]