diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eda375e2258cd84e7e632307e07327fc282bbc0e..bf40f0b3fd897be9b716ed1ec32426565f8ee7cd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ default:
   # Bootstrap Cookiecutter template to test provided ci pipeline template
   before_script:
     - python --version # For debugging
+    - git config --global user.name "unit test"
+    - git config --global user.email "info@astron.nl"
     - cookiecutter --no-input --overwrite-if-exists --output-dir . .
     - cd my_awesome_app