diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a56a9c0284c478164ce633b2d152fbb6f5bd8e6d..dbdf3e5f30d049c1c4a5ee788a0104978b425b70 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ build:python3:
   script:
     - cd /opt/dune/venv
     - virtualenv dorie3 --py=/usr/bin/python3
-    - source /opt/dune/venv/dorie3/bin/activate && python --version && python -m pip install virtualenv
+    - source /opt/dune/venv/dorie3/bin/activate
+    - python -m pip install virtualenv
     - cd /opt/dune
-    - python --version
     - ./dune-common/bin/dunecontrol exec "rm -rf build-cmake"
     - ./dune-common/bin/dunecontrol all
     - export PATH=/opt/dune/dorie/build-cmake/bin:$PATH
diff --git a/bin/dorie.in b/bin/dorie.in
index 75a7dbe249691068eb787eb01589e4e4b811b44c..85ded427086835eec0077877da8d29f7484af74f 100644
--- a/bin/dorie.in
+++ b/bin/dorie.in
@@ -66,8 +66,7 @@ def pfg(args):
             else:
                 mpi_flags = []
             subprocess.check_call([DORIE_PYTHON, "pf_from_file.py", args["config"],
-                                  "--parallel", str(args["parallel"]),
-                                  *mpi_flags])
+                                  "--parallel", str(args["parallel"])] + mpi_flags)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
         print("Error while running DORiE")
         sys.exit(1)