diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index df19a9869c6ab0b11639429a43f6e03dd90d5aa0..0dbc258da3067389844091dd0bcbc3fdf710324c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # specify what docker image
 # go with the default image for now and mangle it
-#image: ruby:2.1
+#image: debian:jessie
 
 stages:
   - test
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ php-syntax-check:
   script:
    - apt-get clean
    - apt-get update
-   - apt-get install -y php5-cli        
+   - apt-get install -y php-cli
    - php -l htdocs/index.php
    - find components -name *.php | xargs -n 1 php -l
    - find plugins -name *.php | xargs -n 1 php -l
@@ -25,8 +25,11 @@ js-syntax-check:
   script:
    - apt-get clean
    - apt-get update
-   - apt-get install -y npm
-   - ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
+#   - apt-get install -y nodejs
+#   - ln -s /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
+   - apt-get install -y curl gnupg
+   - curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_8.x | bash -
+   - apt-get install -y nodejs
    - npm install -g jshint        
    - find htdocs/js/ -name *.js ! -name jquery* | xargs -n 1 jshint --verbose