diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index a07ffe81416fdd286214e895395081f867e8fbf8..4e9c65294b157d10a04d924432f59dfeb2e8048c 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+.git
+.gitignore
 .gitlab-ci.yaml
 Dockerfile
 README.md
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 73c170f289ec01ce8e056ebcde31ba51c0a85ffc..cff38f91c5527baeb45d586f1b10924f55b5bd0c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ test_genetic:
   stage: test
   tags:
       - dockered
-  allow_failure: true
+  allow_failure: true # too random
   script:
     - docker pull $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE
     - docker run $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE /ttc18/gradlew --no-daemon jastadd-mquat-solver-genetic:test
@@ -47,11 +47,12 @@ test_aco:
   stage: test
   tags:
       - dockered
-  allow_failure: true
+  allow_failure: true # too random
   script:
     - docker pull $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE
     - docker run $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE /ttc18/gradlew --no-daemon jastadd-mquat-solver-aco:test
 
+# was never working
 # test_emfer:
 #   stage: test
 #   tags:
@@ -65,7 +66,6 @@ test_ilp:
   stage: test
   tags:
       - dockered
-  allow_failure: true
   script:
     - docker pull $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE
     - docker run $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE /ttc18/gradlew --no-daemon jastadd-mquat-solver-ilp:test
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ test_random:
   stage: test
   tags:
       - dockered
-  allow_failure: true
+  # allow_failure: true - not needed because it is seeded
   script:
     - docker pull $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE
     - docker run $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE /ttc18/gradlew --no-daemon jastadd-mquat-solver-random:test
@@ -83,19 +83,10 @@ test_simple:
   stage: test
   tags:
       - dockered
-  allow_failure: true
   script:
     - docker pull $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE
     - docker run $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE /ttc18/gradlew --no-daemon jastadd-mquat-solver-simple:test
 
-# test_unit_tests:
-#   stage: test
-#   tags:
-#       - dockered
-#   script:
-#     - docker pull $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE
-#     - docker run $CONTAINER_TEST_IMAGE /bin/bash -c 'echo "test.enabled = false" >> /ttc18/jastadd-mquat-solver-genetic/build.gradle && /ttc18/gradlew --no-daemon test'
-# 
 release-image:
     stage: release
     tags: