diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 553c564..46e1fe3 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -4,11 +4,15 @@ stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
   - maven_build
   - docker_build
 
+variables:
+  MAVEN_OPTS: "-Dhttps.protocols=TLSv1.2 -Dmaven.repo.local=/root/.m2 -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.log.org.apache.maven.cli.transfer.Slf4jMavenTransferListener=WARN -Dorg.slf4j.simpleLogger.showDateTime=true -Djava.awt.headless=true"
+
 build-job:       
   stage: maven_build
   image: maven:3.9.8-amazoncorretto-21-al2023
   script:
-    - sleep 10000
+    - cat /root/.m2/settings.xml
+    - mvn help:effective-settings
     - curl -v https://repo.spring.io/snapshot
     - echo "Building the project..."
     - mvn clean install -DskipTests