diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 75d7b542ed4df59a2a96ab9fd45321e786412550..a22d66f1311306fb22d1fe346e847d70becce877 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ test-backend:
   services:
     - name: docker/compose:latest
       alias: compose
-      command: ["sh", "-c", "docker-compose up -d && sleep 30"]
+      entrypoint: ["docker-compose", "-f", "./docker-compose.yml", "up", "-d"]
   before_script:
     - echo 'Running docker compose'
     - docker-compose up -d