diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3b232cd..eea3e6e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,8 +8,9 @@ stages:
         - apt-get update && apt-get install -y build-essential exim4-dev libsodium-dev meson exim4-daemon-heavy pkg-config
     script:
         - meson build
-        - meson compile -C build
-        - meson test -C build
+        - cd build
+        - ninja
+        - ninja test
     artifacts:
         paths:
             - build/src/genkey