diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 16d997c01edbe2849d9186548bc94a990e243c59..3056305f1e6016b1fd9c135b24b64f05cdd4297e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ before_script:
   - curl http://storage.googleapis.com/git-repo-downloads/repo > ~/bin/repo
   - chmod +x ~/bin/repo
   - git config --global user.email andrea.michelotti@lnf.infn.it
+  - git config --global user.name amichelo
+  - git config --global color.ui true
   - mkdir chaos_bundle
   - cd chaos_bundle
   - eval `ssh-agent -s`