diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d5509e7..4754e0e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,17 @@
-image: "ubuntu:latest"
+image: "matrim/cmake-examples:3.10.3"
 
 stages:
   - build
   - test
   - sanitizer
 
-before_script:
-  - apt update; apt-get install --yes --force-yes build-essential cmake
-
 build_cmake:
   stage: build
   script:
     ./ci_scripts/build_cmake_release.sh
   artifacts:
     paths:
-      - cmake-build-release/bin/
+      - release/
 
 run_tests:
   stage: test
@@ -25,6 +22,3 @@ run_thread_sanitizer:
   stage: sanitizer
   script:
     ./ci_scripts/run_thread_sanitizer.sh
-  artifacts:
-    paths:
-      - "./cmake-build-release-thread-sanitizer/sanitizer.log.*"
diff --git a/ci_scripts/build_cmake_release.sh b/ci_scripts/build_cmake_release.sh
index d962672..31df3ae 100755
--- a/ci_scripts/build_cmake_release.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/build_cmake_release.sh
@@ -5,5 +5,12 @@ cd cmake-build-release
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -DTHREAD_SANITIZER=OFF
 make
 
+rm -r -f ../release
+mkdir ../release
+cp -r bin/ ../release/bin
+cp -r lib/ ../release/lib
+cp -r ../lib/pls/include/ ../release/include/
+rm -f -r ../release/lib/pls
+
 # echo the result of make to show it in gitlab
 exit $?
diff --git a/ci_scripts/run_thread_sanitizer.sh b/ci_scripts/run_thread_sanitizer.sh
index 0bb65f7..0664c0c 100755
--- a/ci_scripts/run_thread_sanitizer.sh
+++ b/ci_scripts/run_thread_sanitizer.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 mkdir cmake-build-release-thread-sanitizer
-cd cmake-build-release
+cd cmake-build-release-thread-sanitizer
 cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE -DTHREAD_SANITIZER=ON
 make
 
 # run the actual tests with sanitizer enabled, reporting the result
-TSAN_OPTIONS="log_path=sanitizer.log exitcode=1" ./bin/tests
+TSAN_OPTIONS="exitcode=1" ./bin/tests
 STATUS_CODE=$?
 
-# rename the output log...
-mv sanitizer.log.* sanitizer.log
-touch sanitizer.log
-
 exit $STATUS_CODE
diff --git a/test/thread_tests.cpp b/test/thread_tests.cpp
index 06fe9db..4ac6740 100644
--- a/test/thread_tests.cpp
+++ b/test/thread_tests.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ using namespace pls::internal::base;
 using namespace std;
 
 static bool visited;
+static int local_value_1;
+static vector<int> local_value_two;
 
 TEST_CASE( "thread creation and joining", "[internal/base/thread.h]") {
     visited = false;
@@ -18,10 +20,13 @@ TEST_CASE( "thread creation and joining", "[internal/base/thread.h]") {
 }
 
 TEST_CASE( "thread state", "[internal/base/thread.h]") {
-    auto t1 = create_thread([]() { REQUIRE(*this_thread::state<int>() == 1); }, 1);
-    auto t2 = create_thread([]() { REQUIRE(*this_thread::state<vector<int>>() == vector<int>{1, 2}); }, vector<int>{1, 2});
+    auto t1 = create_thread([]() { local_value_1 = *this_thread::state<int>(); }, 1);
+    auto t2 = create_thread([]() { local_value_two = *this_thread::state<vector<int>>(); }, vector<int>{1, 2});
     t1.start();
     t2.start();
     t1.join();
     t2.join();
+
+    REQUIRE(local_value_1 == 1);
+    REQUIRE(local_value_two == vector<int>{1, 2});
 }