diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 26c8aca..b944115 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,53 +1,21 @@
-include:
-  - project: "Gitlab/gitlab"
-    ref: 0.3.0
-    file: "/ci-templates/research/dvc-versioning-build-release.gitlab-ci.yml"
-
-variables:
-  NEXUS_PROJECT_DIR: red
-  IMAGENAME: "${CI_PROJECT_NAME}"
-
-#################################
-# temp. disable integration tests, b/c they don't cover the CV analysis case yet
-trigger integration tests:
-  rules:
-    - when: never
-
-######
-# DOCS
+# The Docker image that will be used to build your app
+image: python:3.10
+# Functions that should be executed before the build script is run
+before_script:
+  - pip install poetry
+  - poetry config virtualenvs.in-project true
+  - poetry install
 pages:
-  stage: unit-tests
-  # before_script:
-  #   - !reference [.activate-venv, script]
   script:
     - cp ./README.md ./docs/source/README.md && cp -r ./data ./docs/source/data/
-    - sphinx-apidoc ./src -o ./docs/source/modules --no-toc --module-first --follow-links --separate --force
-    - sphinx-build -b html docs/source/ public/ -E -a
+    - poetry run sphinx-apidoc ./src -o ./docs/source/modules --no-toc
+      --module-first --follow-links --separate --force
+    - poetry run sphinx-build -b html docs/source/ public/ -E -a
   artifacts:
     paths:
+      # The folder that contains the files to be exposed at the Page URL
       - public
-  # only:
-  #   - main
-
-
-########
-# BUILDS
-###### UPDATE/EDIT ######
-# MAKE SURE TO SWITCH OUT ALL YOUR MODEL NAMES + VERSIONS
-# name the job after the model it's using in the build, keep the prefix referencing `docker-build::`
-
-release build:
-  stage: release
-  needs:
-  - job: set custom version
-    artifacts: true
-    optional: true
-  - job: calculate patch version
-    artifacts: true
-    optional: true
-  - job: calculate minor version
-    artifacts: true
-    optional: true
-  - job: build docker nexus
-    artifacts: true
-#################################
+  rules:
+    # This ensures that only pushes to the default branch will trigger
+    # a pages deploy
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH