diff --git a/gitlab/build.sh b/gitlab/build.sh
index fb300c9bd9340c6e40d536223a3f5eb0a86624d2..1c6ec16c2249834a60b999258c6e37609b9c9825 100755
--- a/gitlab/build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/build.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ prepare_build_env ${CONDA_FOLDER} ${PREFIX}
 run_cmd ./bin/buildout
 
 if [ -x ./bin/bob_dbmanage.py ]; then
-  run_cmd ./bin/bob_dbmanage.py all download --force;
+  run_cmd ./bin/bob_dbmanage.py all download --missing;
 fi
 
 if [ -d ./doc ]; then