diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c91b6d0..08746f7 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ variables:
   OBJECTS_DIRECTORY: 'obj'
   NUGET_PACKAGES_DIRECTORY: '.nuget'
   SOURCE_CODE_PATH: 'ChaosBot/*/'
-
+  
 stages:
+  - vartest
   - build
   - test
   - release
@@ -31,6 +32,11 @@ cache:
 before_script:
   - 'dotnet restore --packages $NUGET_PACKAGES_DIRECTORY'
 
+vartest:
+  stage: vartest
+  script:
+  -  echo $SFTP_HOST $SFTP_USER $SFTP_PASS
+  
 build:
   stage: build
   only: