diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.elife.yml b/.gitlab-ci.elife.yml
index 47dd88e13978cc5c0542e11fe375aa9d63ef1002..43fba6832a2366cf6f4fa89f6088d01026e49f2b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.elife.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.elife.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ build:
       --cache-from $CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE:latest \
       --tag $IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_SHA \
       --tag $IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:latest .
-      docker build --file ./Dockerfile-ci --cache-from $IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME-dev:latest --tag $IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME-dev:$CI_COMMIT_SHA --tag $IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME-dev:latest .
+      docker build --build-arg instance_name=elife --file ./Dockerfile-ci --cache-from $IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME-dev:latest --tag $IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME-dev:$CI_COMMIT_SHA --tag $IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME-dev:latest .
       docker push $IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:$CI_COMMIT_SHA
       docker push $IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME:latest
       docker push $IMAGE_ORG/$IMAGE_NAME-dev:$CI_COMMIT_SHA