diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 39238ae7..46c69860 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # vim: set ts=4 sw=4 expandtab:
-image: gcc
+image: ubuntu
 
 before_script:
     - apt-get update --yes
-    - apt-get install --yes cmake python3 python3-dev qtbase5-dev libqwt-qt5-dev sqlite3 lcov
+    - apt-get install --yes build-essential git cmake python3 python3-dev qtbase5-dev libqwt-qt5-dev sqlite3 lcov
 
 stages:
     - build
@@ -13,42 +13,34 @@ stages:
 build:
     stage: build
     script:
-        - git submodule sync
-        - git submodule update --init --recursive
-        - ls
-        - mkdir -p coverage
-        - mkdir -p build
-        - cd build
-        - cmake -DDRAMSYS_COVERAGE_CHECK=ON -DDRAMSYS_ENABLE_EXTENSIONS=ON -DDRAMSYS_EXTENSION_TRACE_ANALYZER_ENABLE=ON -DDRAMSYS_WITH_DRAMPOWER=ON ..
-        - make -j 10
+        - cmake --preset ci-coverage
+        - cmake --build build/coverage -j$(nproc)
+    after_script:
         - find . -name "*.o" -type f -delete
-
     artifacts:
         paths:
-            - build/
-            - tests/
-            - coverage/
+            - build/coverage
         expire_in: 2 days
-        
+
+test:
+    stage: test
+    needs:
+        - build
+    script:
+        - cd build/coverage
+        - ctest --output-on-failure -j$(nproc)
+    artifacts:
+        paths:
+            - build/coverage
+        expire_in: 2 days
+
 coverage:
     stage: coverage
     needs:
-        - test_DDR3
-        - test_DDR4
-        - test_HBM2
-        - test_LPDDR4
-    coverage: '/Total:\|(\d+\.?\d+\%)/'
+        - test
     script:
-        # delete all empty files since they produce errors 
-        - find coverage -size 0 -type f -delete
-        - ls coverage/ -lah
-        - lcov `find coverage -type f -exec echo "-a {}" \;` -o coverage/final.out        
-        - lcov --remove coverage/final.out '/build/_deps/*' '/lib/*' '/usr/*' -o coverage/final_dramsys.out
-        - lcov --list coverage/final_dramsys.out
-
-include:
-    - 'tests/tests_regression/DDR3/ci.yml'
-    - 'tests/tests_regression/DDR4/ci.yml'
-    - 'tests/tests_regression/HBM2/ci.yml'
-    - 'tests/tests_regression/LPDDR4/ci.yml'
-   #- '/DRAMSys/tests/dramsys-gem5/ci.yml' # Should be activated again when a new gitlab runner with right dependencies is used
+        - cmake --build build/coverage --target coverage
+    artifacts:
+        paths:
+            - build/coverage/coverage_html
+        expire_in: 2 days