diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 07bdae1c28959d87cca0dca78146fe7d419109a6..ff07e40ef4521be27f64d897b5305212f600aa4c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 
+image: lb584/ews_coordinator:latest
+
 variables:
   # NOTE, MAKE SURE ANY PIPELINE-LEVEL VARIABLES ARE UNIQUE TO THIS PIPELINE
   # WHEN CALLED FROM A MULTI-PIPELINE TRIGGER, VARIABLES WITH SHARED NAMES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
@@ -75,7 +77,6 @@ half_fat_tests:
   when: always
   stage: half-fat
   extends: .before_script
-  image: lb584/ews_coordinator_pip:gitlab
 
   script:
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tests/integration/partial/
@@ -93,7 +94,6 @@ half_fat_epi_tests:
   when: manual
   stage: half-fat
   extends: .before_script
-  image: lb584/ews_coordinator_pip:gitlab
 
   script:
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/tests/integration/partial/
@@ -111,7 +111,6 @@ full_fat_depo:
   when: manual
   stage: full-fat
   extends: .before_script
-  image: lb584/ews_coordinator_pip:gitlab
   tags: ["ewas-production"]
   script:
     - >
@@ -133,7 +132,6 @@ full_fat_env_suit:
   when: manual
   stage: full-fat
   extends: .before_script
-  image: lb584/ews_coordinator_pip:gitlab
   tags: ["ewas-production"]
   script:
     - >
@@ -155,7 +153,6 @@ full_fat_survey:
   when: manual
   stage: full-fat
   extends: .before_script
-  image: lb584/ews_coordinator_pip:gitlab
   tags: ["ewas-production"]
   script:
     - >
@@ -176,7 +173,6 @@ full_fat_advisory:
   when: manual
   stage: full-fat
   extends: .before_script
-  image: lb584/ews_coordinator_pip:gitlab
   tags: ["ewas-production"]
   script:
     - >
@@ -198,7 +194,6 @@ full_fat_epi:
   when: manual
   stage: full-fat
   extends: .before_script
-  image: lb584/ews_coordinator_pip:gitlab
   tags: ["ewas-production"]
   script:
     - >
@@ -220,7 +215,6 @@ pages:
   when: manual
   stage: docs
   extends: .before_script
-  image: lb584/ews_coordinator_pip:gitlab
   script:
     - export PATH=$PATH:/home/ewsmanager/.local/bin
     - pip install sphinx