diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 66913e3a08cde05326e028c9348b23a0e2ceb725..05dc48b1a7dac1247849587e7de1294136677a97 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ build_test-clang-8:
     - cd build_examples
     - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILT_TYPE=Debug ../install/share/corsika/examples
     - cmake --build . -- -j4
-    - cmake --build --target run_examples . -- -j4 | gzip -v -9 > examples.log.gz
+    - cmake --build . --target run_examples -- -j4 | gzip -v -9 > examples.log.gz
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID && ($CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^Draft:/ || $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_TITLE =~ /^WIP:/)'
       when: manual
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ install-clang-8:
     - cd build_examples
     - cmake -DCMAKE_BUILT_TYPE=Release ../install/share/corsika/examples
     - cmake --build . -- -j4
-    - cmake --build --target run_examples . -- -j4 | gzip -v -9 > examples.log.gz
+    - cmake --build . --target run_examples -- -j4 | gzip -v -9 > examples.log.gz
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_LABELS =~ /Ready for code review/' # run on merge requests, if label 'Ready for code review' is set
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH