diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bda26ea955645c5a03883a2f7de419f00328e806..a60a891d4fa78c6199f31573b6b6638e866cd2ab 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ variables:
   MYSQL_TEST: "true"
 
 before_script:
-  - mysql -uroot -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD -hmysql < db/seed.sql
+  - cat /etc/hosts
+  - for i in 1 2 3; do mysql -uroot -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD -hmysql < db/seed.sql && break || true; sleep 3; done
 
 services:
   - mysql
@@ -15,6 +16,8 @@ test:
   script:
     - pwd
     - ls
+    - mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/nsheridan
+    - ln 
     - go install -v ./cmd/cashier ./cmd/cashierd
     - go list ./... |grep -v vendor/ |xargs go test
     - gofmt -d $(find -type f -name '*.go' -not -path './vendor/*')