diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 56f75a00e0904ae30691ba4d7b17a263f5766fab..2f1354682b2a5cfcb8a5a95545a30437f3942cd2 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -260,6 +260,9 @@ test-search-service:
     - build-search-service
   dependencies:
     - build-search-service
+  before_script:
+    - "cp ./dbrepo-search-service/init/clients ./dbrepo-search-service/clients"
+    - "cp ./dbrepo-search-service/init/omlib ./dbrepo-search-service/omlib"
   script:
     - "pip install pipenv"
     - "pipenv install gunicorn && pipenv install --dev --system --deploy"
@@ -284,9 +287,6 @@ test-search-service-init:
     - build-search-service
   dependencies:
     - build-search-service
-  before_script:
-    - "cp ./dbrepo-search-service/init/clients ./dbrepo-search-service/clients"
-    - "cp ./dbrepo-search-service/init/omlib ./dbrepo-search-service/omlib"
   script:
     - "pip install pipenv"
     - "pipenv install gunicorn && pipenv install --dev --system --deploy"