diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8f8f9b859d038ba1f85412f4056990dfadf1f4f2..b6f9da4304bfd169c9b7da90f7f05416e130fdf4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ variables:
 build:
     when: manual
     script:
+        - cp definition-files/runscript definition-files/almalinux/ 
+        - cp definition-files/run-help definition-files/almalinux/
         # step 1. build the container!
         - /bin/bash .gitlabci/build.sh $sfile
         # step 2. push to harbor