diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index da4f6c67af6b8102d4e357345cb576011c14361c..7e86b2c14baf500ba293d7209d62f6592d8f900e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ test:
   stage: test
   before_script:
     # Install the -dev versions to avoid needing to find the actual library names
-    - apt update && apt -y install libncurses-dev libmodbus-dev libsqlite3-dev libident netcat
+    - apt update && apt -y install libncurses-dev libmodbus-dev libsqlite3-dev libident netcat sqlite3
+    - useradd testuser && chown -R testuser .
   script:
-    - cd tests && ./TEST_basic.sh
+    - cd tests && su -l -c './TEST_basic.sh' testuser