diff --git a/gitlab/before_build.sh b/gitlab/before_build.sh
index 11f193b74c13f7f68785232b37203021a82c7446..f93f15830000ae004b5c3c10a9eab1bb6cf6f7ef 100755
--- a/gitlab/before_build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/before_build.sh
@@ -19,21 +19,23 @@ default_channels:
   - https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/r
   - https://repo.continuum.io/pkgs/pro
 EOF
-echo "Contents of \`${CONDARC}':"
-cat ${CONDARC}
 
 run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda config --set add_pip_as_python_dependency false
-run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no
+run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda config --set changeps1 false
 run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda config --set always_yes true
 run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda config --set quiet true
 run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda config --set show_channel_urls true
-run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda config --set anaconda_upload no
+run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda config --set anaconda_upload false
 run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda config --add channels ${CONDA_CHANNEL}
 if [ -z "${CI_COMMIT_TAG}" ]; then
   run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda config --add channels ${CONDA_BETA_CHANNEL}
 fi
 run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda config --set ssl_verify false
 
+# displays contents of our configuration
+echo "Contents of \`${CONDARC}':"
+cat ${CONDARC}
+
 # updates conda installation
 run_cmd ${CONDA_ROOT}/bin/conda install --quiet --yes python conda=4.4 curl conda-build=3
 
diff --git a/gitlab/build.sh b/gitlab/build.sh
index d7275ea2a339a4b7d6cc133956cdb19947444378..74764a3934f0fa39ab82f0109f7d4404e49ce3ac 100755
--- a/gitlab/build.sh
+++ b/gitlab/build.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 source $(dirname ${0})/functions.sh
 
 # Makes sure we activate the base environment if available
+PATH=${CONDA_ROOT}/bin:${PATH}
+export_env PATH
 run_cmd source ${CONDA_ROOT}/etc/profile.d/conda.sh
 run_cmd conda activate base