diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8feb987e..7db22b49 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -33,13 +33,6 @@ build_and_test:
     - if [ "$COMPILER" = "gcc" ];   then export CC=gcc-13;   export CXX=g++-13; fi
     - if [ "$COMPILER" = "clang" ]; then export CC=clang-17; export CXX=clang++-17; fi
 
-    - cd cmake-build
-    - cmake .. $INTEGERS -DGC_TYPE=$GC
-    - make
-    - ./SOM++ -cp ../Smalltalk ../TestSuite/TestHarness.som
-    - ./unittests -cp ../Smalltalk:../TestSuite/BasicInterpreterTests ../Examples/Hello.som
-    - cd ..
-
     # compose a name for this configuration
     - |+
       export NAME="som-$COMPILER-$GC"
@@ -52,6 +45,16 @@ build_and_test:
         NAME="$NAME-intcache"
       fi
       NAME=`echo "$NAME" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]'`
+
+    - cd cmake-build
+    - cmake .. $INTEGERS -DGC_TYPE=$GC
+    - make
+    - ./SOM++ -cp ../Smalltalk ../TestSuite/TestHarness.som
+    - ./unittests -cp ../Smalltalk:../TestSuite/BasicInterpreterTests ../Examples/Hello.som
+    - mv SOM++ ../$NAME
+    - cd ..
+
+    # run the benchmarks
     - rebench --experiment="CI ID $CI_PIPELINE_ID" --branch="$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" -c rebench.conf all "e:${NAME}" "m:$MACHINE"
 ###
 # complete_benchmarking:
diff --git a/rebench.conf b/rebench.conf
index 6124f5b7..4a086908 100644
--- a/rebench.conf
+++ b/rebench.conf
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ runs:
 benchmark_suites:
     macro:
         gauge_adapter: RebenchLog
-        command: &MACRO_CMD "-cp ../Smalltalk:../Examples/Benchmarks/Richards:../Examples/Benchmarks/DeltaBlue:../Examples/Benchmarks/NBody:../Examples/Benchmarks/Json:../Examples/Benchmarks/GraphSearch ../Examples/Benchmarks/BenchmarkHarness.som %(benchmark)s %(iterations)s 0 "
+        command: &MACRO_CMD "-cp Smalltalk:Examples/Benchmarks/Richards:Examples/Benchmarks/DeltaBlue:Examples/Benchmarks/NBody:Examples/Benchmarks/Json:Examples/Benchmarks/GraphSearch Examples/Benchmarks/BenchmarkHarness.som %(benchmark)s %(iterations)s 0 "
         iterations: 10
         benchmarks:
             - Richards:     {extra_args:   1, machines: [yuria ]}
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ benchmark_suites:
 
     micro:
         gauge_adapter: RebenchLog
-        command: "-cp ../Smalltalk:../Examples/Benchmarks/LanguageFeatures ../Examples/Benchmarks/BenchmarkHarness.som %(benchmark)s %(iterations)s 0 "
+        command: "-cp Smalltalk:Examples/Benchmarks/LanguageFeatures Examples/Benchmarks/BenchmarkHarness.som %(benchmark)s %(iterations)s 0 "
         iterations: 10
         benchmarks:
             - Fannkuch:     {extra_args:  6, machines: [yuria ]}
@@ -55,25 +55,25 @@ benchmark_suites:
             - Mandelbrot:   {extra_args: 30, machines: [yuria2]}
 
 executors:
-    som-gcc-generational-inttag:            {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-gcc-generational-intbox:            {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-gcc-generational-intbox-intcache:   {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-gcc-mark_sweep-inttag:              {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-gcc-mark_sweep-intbox:              {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-gcc-mark_sweep-intbox-intcache:     {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-gcc-copying-inttag:                 {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-gcc-copying-intbox:                 {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-gcc-copying-intbox-intcache:        {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
+    som-gcc-generational-inttag:            {executable: som-gcc-generational-inttag           }
+    som-gcc-generational-intbox:            {executable: som-gcc-generational-intbox           }
+    som-gcc-generational-intbox-intcache:   {executable: som-gcc-generational-intbox-intcache  }
+    som-gcc-mark_sweep-inttag:              {executable: som-gcc-mark_sweep-inttag             }
+    som-gcc-mark_sweep-intbox:              {executable: som-gcc-mark_sweep-intbox             }
+    som-gcc-mark_sweep-intbox-intcache:     {executable: som-gcc-mark_sweep-intbox-intcache    }
+    som-gcc-copying-inttag:                 {executable: som-gcc-copying-inttag                }
+    som-gcc-copying-intbox:                 {executable: som-gcc-copying-intbox                }
+    som-gcc-copying-intbox-intcache:        {executable: som-gcc-copying-intbox-intcache       }
 
-    som-clang-generational-inttag:          {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-clang-generational-intbox:          {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-clang-generational-intbox-intcache: {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-clang-mark_sweep-inttag:            {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-clang-mark_sweep-intbox:            {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-clang-mark_sweep-intbox-intcache:   {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-clang-copying-inttag:               {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-clang-copying-intbox:               {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
-    som-clang-copying-intbox-intcache:      {path: cmake-build, executable: SOM++}
+    som-clang-generational-inttag:          {executable: som-clang-generational-inttag         }
+    som-clang-generational-intbox:          {executable: som-clang-generational-intbox         }
+    som-clang-generational-intbox-intcache: {executable: som-clang-generational-intbox-intcache}
+    som-clang-mark_sweep-inttag:            {executable: som-clang-mark_sweep-inttag           }
+    som-clang-mark_sweep-intbox:            {executable: som-clang-mark_sweep-intbox           }
+    som-clang-mark_sweep-intbox-intcache:   {executable: som-clang-mark_sweep-intbox-intcache  }
+    som-clang-copying-inttag:               {executable: som-clang-copying-inttag              }
+    som-clang-copying-intbox:               {executable: som-clang-copying-intbox              }
+    som-clang-copying-intbox-intcache:      {executable: som-clang-copying-intbox-intcache     }
 
 # define the benchmarks to be executed for a re-executable benchmark run
 experiments: