diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ede8048b7b134046b7cd85efbf675ee8251d6ef3..9aad1d8bb2406e397ea63d4546a909bc425a742d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ variables:
   MYSQL_TEST_PASS: "password"
   MYSQL_TEST_HOST: "mysql"
 
-before_script:
-  - 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
 
@@ -22,7 +18,9 @@ test:
     - ls
     - mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/nsheridan
     - ln -s $PWD /go/src/github.com/nsheridan/cashier
-    - go get github.com/nsheridan/cashier/cmd/cashier github.com/nsheridan/cashier/cmd/cashierd
+    - cd /go/src/github.com/nsheridan/cashier
+    - go get cmd/cashier cmd/cashierd
+    - for i in 1 2 3; do mysql -u$MYSQL_TEST_USER -p$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD -h$MYSQL_TEST_HOST < db/seed.sql && break || true; sleep 3; done
     - go list ./... |grep -v vendor/ |xargs go test
     - gofmt -d $(find -type f -name '*.go' -not -path './vendor/*')
     - go list ./... |grep -v vendor/ |xargs go vet