diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 72057c13aed70f5f8d208ffa3fb1f700f71f1855..5d174a0f39a650a19a78183073017e4db820b148 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ run_tests:
   script:
     - ping -W1 -c1 mongo
     - mv config.json.example config.json
+    - sed -i -e 's/"debug" : false/"debug" : true/g' config.json
     - gulp build
     - cd build/
     - mocha