diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2d4723b632e7a82601cf6221169d2d06aec4a706..138c86676ca782a18fb3e0a973a780c57fc8c35b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,49 +1,48 @@
-image: postgis/postgis:17-3.5
-
-stages:
-  - test
-
+# Define the variables globally
 variables:
-  NAME: anthology
-  USER: anthology_django
-  PASSWORD: password
-  HOST: mdillon-postgis
+  POSTGRES_DB: anthology
+  POSTGRES_USER: anthology_django
+  POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
+  HOST: postgres
   UV_CACHE_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.uv-cache"
   APT_DIR: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.apt"
   APT_STATE_LISTS: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.apt/lists"
   APT_CACHE_ARCHIVES: "$CI_PROJECT_DIR/.apt/archives"
 
-cache:
-  - key:
-      files:
-        - uv.lock
-    paths:
-      - $UV_CACHE_DIR
-  - paths:
-    - .apt/
+# Defining image, services and cache by default (defining globally is deprecated)
+default:
+  image: ubuntu:latest
+  services: 
+    - name: postgis/postgis:17-3.5
+      alias: postgres
+  cache:
+    - key:
+        files:
+          - uv.lock
+      paths:
+        - $UV_CACHE_DIR
+    - paths:
+      - .apt/
 
-test:
-  stage: test
-  before_script:
+tests:
+  script: 
     # Install dependencies and create associated cache dirs
     - mkdir -p "${APT_STATE_LISTS}/partial"
     - mkdir -p "${APT_CACHE_ARCHIVES}/partial"
     - apt update -qy
-    - apt install -y apt-utils curl libgdal-dev
-    - export PGPASSWORD=$PASSWORD
-    - psql -c "CREATE DATABASE anthology;"
-    - psql -c "CREATE USER anthology_django WITH PASSWORD 'password';"
-    - psql -c "ALTER ROLE anthology_django SET client_encoding TO 'utf8';"
-    - psql -c "ALTER ROLE anthology_django SET default_transaction_isolation TO 'read committed';"
-    - psql -c "ALTER ROLE anthology_django SET timezone TO 'UTC-4';"
-    - psql -c "ALTER USER anthology_django CREATEDB;"
-    - psql -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE anthology TO anthology_django;"
-    - psql -c "CREATE EXTENSION postgis;"
+    - apt install -y apt-utils curl postgresql postgresql-contrib libgdal-dev make gettext
+    - export PGPASSWORD=$POSTGRES_PASSWORD
+    - psql --username $POSTGRES_USER --host $HOST -d $POSTGRES_DB -c "ALTER ROLE anthology_django SET client_encoding TO 'utf8';"
+    - psql --username $POSTGRES_USER --host $HOST -d $POSTGRES_DB -c "ALTER ROLE anthology_django SET default_transaction_isolation TO 'read committed';"
+    - psql --username $POSTGRES_USER --host $HOST -d $POSTGRES_DB -c "ALTER ROLE anthology_django SET timezone TO 'UTC-4';"
+    - psql --username $POSTGRES_USER --host $HOST -d $POSTGRES_DB -c "ALTER USER anthology_django CREATEDB;"
+    - psql --username $POSTGRES_USER --host $HOST -d $POSTGRES_DB -c "GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE anthology TO anthology_django;"
+    - psql --username $POSTGRES_USER --host $HOST -d $POSTGRES_DB -c "CREATE EXTENSION IF NOT EXISTS postgis;"
     # Install uv, see https://docs.astral.sh/uv/#getting-started
     - curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh
     # Put uv in the path
     - source $HOME/.local/bin/env
     # Check the available version of Python
     - uv python list
-  script:
+    - make compilemessages_ci
     - make tests_ci
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8a6a649275fa092490607cdbdca2f256c46d7964..b6c06f4e83d35e600da16ccc9e0ae9ab4a65b1ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ integration_tests:
 	uv run python -m playwright install
 	cd django/ && DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=anthology.settings.local uv run pytest ../integration --browser firefox --browser chromium --browser webkit --base-url http://127.0.0.1:8000
 
+compilemessages_ci:
+	cd django/ && DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=anthology.settings.gitlab_test uv run manage.py compilemessages
+
 tests_ci:
-	cd django/ && DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=anthology.settings.gitlab_test uv run pytest
+	cd django/ && DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=anthology.settings.gitlab_test uv run pytest -x -vv
 
 tests:
 	cd django/ && DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE=anthology.settings.local uv run pytest
diff --git a/django/anthology/settings/gitlab_test.py b/django/anthology/settings/gitlab_test.py
index 8245fef82cf5aa8ce42443ad6cacce167cfb52ab..35ccbcc7e2c1244d8966d8f55841f2d53bf7652b 100644
--- a/django/anthology/settings/gitlab_test.py
+++ b/django/anthology/settings/gitlab_test.py
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ from . import *  # noqa
 
 DEBUG = True
 
-DATABASES["default"]["HOST"] = "mdillon-postgis"
+DATABASES["default"]["HOST"] = "postgres"