diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f1f07ce6c32e0b428587e3375cb2e063e6d13bbb..ca5353af6c99abdc36d36bc399e648e56d542eec 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Basic CI for doing testing in python 3.6 with pytest
 
-image: python3.6
+image: python:3.6
 
 stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
   - build