diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index af5bf38d92e9d789aaba563e56d4b5a5914994e2..6c548280d5e0ad66c3127f03173e7ba68ab9c2b7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ slc6-gcc48:
     - ROOTENV_INIT=${ROOTSYS}/bin/thisroot.sh;
     - test -r ${ROOTENV_INIT}
     - test -r ` cd $(dirname ${ROOTENV_INIT}); . ./$(basename ${ROOTENV_INIT}) ; cd $OLDPWD ; `
+    - test -r ${ROOTENV_INIT} && { cd $(dirname ${ROOTENV_INIT}); . ./$(basename ${ROOTENV_INIT}) ; cd $OLDPWD ; }