diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index e92e18a2..eb8f0ca4 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ cache:
 ## Spin up glitlab instance and sleep for 60 seconds
 before_script:
   - docker-compose -f docker-compose.test.yml up
+
   ## Get the docker env variables
-  - SET PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN =
-  - SET GITLAB_URL 
-  - sleep 60
+  - SET PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN = docker exec -i gitlab echo PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN
+  - SET GITLAB_URL = docker exec -i gitlab echo PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN
+
+  ## Sleep before performing commands on container
+  - sleep 10000
 
 ## run tests
 script:
diff --git a/docker-compose.test.yml b/docker-compose.test.yml
index 4cb11710..c0a60ff4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.test.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.test.yml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ version: '3'
 services:
   gitlab:
     image: gitlab/gitlab-ce
+    container_name: gitlab
     entrypoint: docker-entrypoint.sh
     enviroment:
       - GITLAB_URL='http://localhost:8080'