diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d466f0e2851af834a8c0f77d4fc47dc5a2a8fe42..88c620dd790fcc45156cb8fbf7f76512055c3bee 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -64,7 +64,5 @@ demo:now:
     url: $NOW_URL
   script:
     - npm i -g --unsafe-perm now
-    - cd ${HOME}/packages/xpub-faraday
-    - npm run reset --username admin --email admin@mailinator.com --password admin123
     - cd ${HOME}/now
     - now --public --docker --token $NOW_TOKEN -e AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_S3_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_S3_SECRET_KEY=$AWS_S3_SECRET_KEY -e AWS_S3_REGION=$AWS_S3_REGION -e AWS_S3_BUCKET=$AWS_S3_BUCKET -e AWS_SES_SECRET_KEY=$AWS_SES_SECRET_KEY -e AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY=$AWS_SES_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_SES_REGION=$AWS_SES_REGION -e EMAIL_SENDER=$EMAIL_SENDER -e secret=$SECRET
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diff --git a/packages/xpub-faraday/package.json b/packages/xpub-faraday/package.json
index 365407d9373fac7980c27e0f9773f0b71db7bc16..84bcffe1ebda407d2399808effe8c1e920bacae4 100644
--- a/packages/xpub-faraday/package.json
+++ b/packages/xpub-faraday/package.json
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@
     "setupdb": "pubsweet setupdb ./",
     "reset": "pubsweet setupdb --clobber ./",
     "start": "pubsweet start",
-    "start-now": "echo $secret > config/local-development.json && npm run start",
+    "start-now": "echo $secret > config/local-development.json && npm run reset --username admin --email admin@mailinator.com --password admin123 && npm run start",
     "build": "NODE_ENV=production pubsweet build"
   }
 }