diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 2108b62ed0905b66cb5d5fa58d7062320563b129..ded4295ee432bda95ad3801887bb95c7e44d8829 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ build:
     - echo $CI_REGISTRY_PASSWORD | docker login -u $CI_REGISTRY_USER $CI_REGISTRY --password-stdin
   script:
     # pull the latest example of shiny-k8s image
-    - docker pull "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG:latest" || echo "Former image not found, carring on"
+    #- docker pull "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG:latest" || echo "Former image not found, carring on"
     # build the image while passing commit SHA and versions, and tagging the image with them
     - docker build
-      --pull
+      --build-arg BUILDKIT_INLINE_CACHE=1
       --cache-from "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG:latest"
       --tag "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG:latest"
       --tag "$CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE/$CI_COMMIT_REF_SLUG:$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"