diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f585253c76ef518a04128aeb2896c30380788152..cb82fc50bd192062998529ca25d5485310a2466d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-image: registry.vereign.com/docker/vcl-build-base:master
 before_script:
   - docker login -u gitlab-ci-token -p $CI_JOB_TOKEN registry.vereign.com
 stages:
 - build
 build:
+  image: registry.vereign.com/docker/vcl-build-base:master
   stage: build
   artifacts:
     paths: