diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8c44ec7b1fc80563d7453d635441d60cef80bcb1..b2f3a6af45ac13996eb0d717596cd3132a45bf15 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ generate_date:
 update:
   stage: update
   script:
+    - cat build.date
     - make -C gluon update GLUON_SITEDIR="$CI_PROJECT_DIR" FFS_BUILD_DATE=$(cat build.date)
   artifacts:
     paths: