diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eed6f610368a041cf517a0bad58e63322f6708ac..6196cb8bdb710bbaa0ca8ba76a4a2d520d30cda3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ stages:
   - publish
 
 variables:
+  DOCKER_HOST: tcp://localhost:2375/
+  DOCKER_DRIVER: overlay2
+  DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: ""
   CONTAINER_IMAGE: gitlab-registry.eps.surrey.ac.uk/lz0002/hello
 
 build: