diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 09f92963d2ecbfd99ba9e96dff6427aa7d10fde2..c8a46d9be5f7a0938064722ee270d96945fff21c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ test_JUWELS:
     # - touch benchmarks/output.json
     - echo $SYSTEMNAME
     - sbatch --wait etc/juwels_${SHELL_SCRIPT}.sh
+    - touch .coverage.empty
     - python -m coverage combine
     - mv .coverage coverage_${SHELL_SCRIPT}.dat
   after_script: