diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 272c4c28085d017a8dc373083370e5e8620bc1cf..40da83a8936c6cebbcc5d8891e84c1a896955bbd 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
 variables:
   # CI_DEBUG_TRACE: "true"
   SCENARIO: "default"
+  ANSIBLE_FORCE_COLOR: 'true'
+  PY_COLORS: '1'
 
 default:
   before_script:
@@ -26,9 +28,9 @@ test-job:
     - "shell"
   script:
     # make sure that Ansible Vaults are present and can be decrypted
-    - echo "${VAULT_INSTALL_COMMON}" > ../../../lza_install_common.pass
-    - echo "${VAULT_ROSETTA_APP}" > ../../../lza_rosetta_app.pass
-    - export ANSIBLE_VAULT_IDENTITY_LIST="../../../lza_install_common.pass, ../../../lza_rosetta_app.pass"
+    - echo "${VAULT_INSTALL_COMMON}" > ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/molecule/${SCENARIO}/../../../lza_install_common.pass
+    - echo "${VAULT_ROSETTA_APP}" > ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/molecule/${SCENARIO}/../../../lza_rosetta_app.pass
+    - export ANSIBLE_VAULT_IDENTITY_LIST="${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/molecule/${SCENARIO}/../../../lza_install_common.pass, ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/molecule/${SCENARIO}/../../../lza_rosetta_app.pass"
     - rm -rf ../ansible_vaults/
     - rm -rf ../ansible_lza_install_common/
     - git clone https://gitlab+deploy-token-25:${VAULT_ACCESS_TOKEN}@git.slub-dresden.de/slub-referat-2-3/ansible_vaults.git ../ansible_vaults/;