diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1029ba4..c0412a4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
-stages:
-  - build
+default:
+  image: python:3.9
 
+stages:
+  - lint
+  - build
 
 build job:
   stage: build
   script:
     - cd src
-    - apt-get update -qy
-    - apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-pip python3.12-venv curl
+    # - apt-get update -qy
+    # - apt-get install -y python3-dev python3-pip python3.12-venv curl
     - python3 -V
 #    - pip3 install --break-system-packages -r requirements.txt
     - curl -sSL https://pdm-project.org/install-pdm.py | python3 -
@@ -22,11 +25,18 @@ build job:
     - export FLASK_APP=app
     - pdm run pytest tests --cov --cov-report term --cov-report html
 
-
   artifacts:
       paths:
         - src/htmlcov/
 
+lint job:
+  stage: lint
+  dependencies: []
+  script:
+    - python3 -m pip install flake8
+    - flake8 src/
+  allow_failure: true # Linter can fail, fixing it is for now outside of the projects scope
+
 pages:
   stage: build
   dependencies: