diff --git a/test/test.ts b/test/test.ts
index f1b1b32..d4f45c3 100644
--- a/test/test.ts
+++ b/test/test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ process.cwd = () => {
 
 let npmci: typeof import('../ts/index.js');
 
+type TNpmciTypes = typeof import('../ts/index.js');
+
 tap.preTask('should import npmci', async () => {
   npmci = await import('../ts/index.js');
 });
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 9aa5d10..66f50d0 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@shipzone/npmci',
-  version: '4.1.9',
+  version: '4.1.10',
   description: 'node and docker in gitlab ci on steroids'
 }
diff --git a/ts/manager.docker/index.ts b/ts/manager.docker/index.ts
index 0721a4a..34b7510 100644
--- a/ts/manager.docker/index.ts
+++ b/ts/manager.docker/index.ts
@@ -77,17 +77,20 @@ export class NpmciDockerManager {
    */
   public prepare = async () => {
     // Always login to GitLab Registry
-    if (!process.env.CI_JOB_TOKEN || process.env.CI_JOB_TOKEN === '') {
-      logger.log('error', 'No registry token specified by gitlab!');
-      process.exit(1);
+    if (process.env.GITLAB_CI) {
+      console.log('gitlab ci detected');
+      if (!process.env.CI_JOB_TOKEN || process.env.CI_JOB_TOKEN === '') {
+        logger.log('error', 'Running in Gitlab CI, but no registry token specified by gitlab!');
+        process.exit(1);
+      }
+      this.npmciRegistryStorage.addRegistry(
+        new DockerRegistry({
+          registryUrl: 'registry.gitlab.com',
+          username: 'gitlab-ci-token',
+          password: process.env.CI_JOB_TOKEN,
+        })
+      );
     }
-    this.npmciRegistryStorage.addRegistry(
-      new DockerRegistry({
-        registryUrl: 'registry.gitlab.com',
-        username: 'gitlab-ci-token',
-        password: process.env.CI_JOB_TOKEN,
-      })
-    );
 
     // handle registries
     await plugins.smartparam.forEachMinimatch(