diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 65895099f..85cfff9d0 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -8,10 +8,11 @@ cache:
 build:
   script:
     - export GRADLE_USER_HOME=$PWD/.gradle
+    - ./gradlew assemble -PdisablePreDex
     # always report on lint errors to the build log
     - sed -i -e 's,textReport .*,textReport true,' app/build.gradle
-    # 'build' means assemble and check
-    - ./gradlew build -PdisablePreDex || {
+    - ./gradlew lint -PdisablePreDex
+    - ./gradlew test -PdisablePreDex || {
           for log in app/build/reports/*ests/*/*ml; do
               echo "read $log here:";
               cat "$log" | curl --silent -F 'clbin=<-' https://clbin.com;