diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fbe0e0d0685c00057a645ec1b737842549a04038..b8197bbb83547045ad1d775d909e3a7bab8e1bb7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -21,22 +21,22 @@ job_build-image:
   stage: build
   tags:
     - docker-privileged
-  # Official docker compose image.
-  image:
-    name: docker/compose:latest
+  image: docker:20.10.12
   services:
-    - docker:dind
+    - name: docker:20.10.12-dind
   before_script:
-    - docker version
+    - docker info
     - docker-compose --version
   script:
-    - docker-compose build
-        --file "server/Containerfile"
-        --tag "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}:${CI_PIPELINE_IID}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
-        "./"
-    # NOTE: push image to local registry so that it can be accessed in subsequent jobs
-    - docker login -u ${CI_REGISTRY_USER} -p ${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD} ${CI_REGISTRY}
-    - docker push "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}:${CI_PIPELINE_IID}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
+    - apk add --no-cache docker-compose
+    - docker-compose up -d
+    # - docker-compose build
+    #     --file "server/Containerfile"
+    #     --tag "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}:${CI_PIPELINE_IID}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
+    #     "./"
+    # # NOTE: push image to local registry so that it can be accessed in subsequent jobs
+    # - docker login -u ${CI_REGISTRY_USER} -p ${CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD} ${CI_REGISTRY}
+    # - docker push "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}:${CI_PIPELINE_IID}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"
   after_script:
     - docker image rm --force "${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}:${CI_PIPELINE_IID}-${CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA}"