diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 918d02cf4aa7b20b0645be8d79b750667d14c023..82fb6f6c13507bdff26771d9d086921c62a4372e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ build_test-clang-14:
       junit:
         - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/build/test_outputs/junit*.xml
     paths:
-      - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/build/build_examples/example_outputs/radio_em_shower_outputs #python examples need this
+      - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/build/build_examples/example_outputs #python tests/examples need this
       - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/build/test_outputs/junit*.xml
       - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/build/CMakeCache.txt #python tests need this
       - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/build/bin #python tests need this
@@ -411,9 +411,7 @@ python-tests:
   allow_failure: false
 
 python-examples:
-  stage: python
-  tags:
-    - corsika
+  extends: .pthon
   image: corsika/devel:u-22.04
   needs:
     - job: build_test_example-u-22_04
@@ -425,7 +423,6 @@ python-examples:
       - ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/python/examples/example_plots
   script:
     - export EXAMPLE_SHOWER_DIR=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/build/build_examples/example_outputs/radio_em_shower_outputs
-    - echo "Example dir is @EXAMPLE_SHOWER_DIR"
     - cd ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/python
     - pip3 install --user -e '.[test,examples]'
     - cd ${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/python/examples