diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 282fcd1013c7cc5a9a337fd22484c94cc4a87f94..5382cbf021d603bbd20cde9c37e995bf5773d1de 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ before_script:
   - cd resultsanalysis
   - pip install .
   - cd ../
-  - if [[ ! -d 'phasexmlparser' ]]; then git clone https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.developers.cam.ac.uk/ch/hunter/ssiptools/utils/phasexmlparser.git; fi
+  - if [[ -d 'phasexmlparser' ]]; then rm -r phasexmlparser; fi
+  - git clone https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.developers.cam.ac.uk/ch/hunter/ssiptools/utils/phasexmlparser.git
   - cd phasexmlparser
   - pip install .
   - cd ../