diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a602f6109858070adb946271cfc5e1551b91b20d..50b398cbe5ffe511884d0c277ca0bc50d34c96ea 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ stages:
  - build
 
 test_app:
- image: python:latest
+ image: python:3.6
  stage: build
+
  before_script:
  - python -V
- - pip install --upgrade pip		
+ - scl enable rh-python36 bash
+ - pip install virtualenv
+ - virtualenv env
+ - source env/bin/activate
  script:
  - pip install Flask
  - python hello.py