diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fae0361bf5cf5b26854729ffedd6a7fb5afdd257..b1354641920067dcc28292e73c885da2ba573575 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 before_script:
-  - apt-get update
-  - apt-get install libblas-dev liblapack-dev gfortran -y
-
+  
 test-3.4:
-  image: python:3.4
+  image: mmpe/wetb
   script:
   - pip install -e .
   - python tests/testsuite.py
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diff --git a/wetb/hawc2/simulation.py b/wetb/hawc2/simulation.py
index eb2ad0b377792f8c09bf1aa70ced32f52894f098..3afc961cef9386930aeedbe95ec78a3a41b9bb4c 100644
--- a/wetb/hawc2/simulation.py
+++ b/wetb/hawc2/simulation.py
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ class SimulationThread(Thread):
     def __init__(self, simulation):
         Thread.__init__(self)
         self.sim = simulation
+        self.modelpath = self.sim.modelpath
         self.res = [0, "", ""]