diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e41a8fb3ea10851e588519c8266e545ae013c4d1..2c73e3aab9372e7429a149f51437618b069f8431 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ build require:
   stage: build
   when: always
   before_script:
-    - curl -L -o epics.tar.gz https://artifactory.esss.lu.se/artifactory/e3/epics-base-${EPICS_BASE_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    - echo https://artifactory.esss.lu.se/artifactory/e3/epics-base-$EPICS_BASE_VERSION.tar.gz
+    - curl -L -o epics.tar.gz https://artifactory.esss.lu.se/artifactory/e3/epics-base-$EPICS_BASE_VERSION.tar.gz
     - tar -zxvf epics.tar.gz
     - export BASE_PATH=$(ls -d $(pwd)/epics/base-*)
     - echo "EPICS_BASE:=${BASE_PATH}" >> configure/RELEASE.local