diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f46ab135ce4f8573302fea73f66e18f3b8767988..ff9224ce31d7a08c7c10f9a6ec321d39b2b21c58 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jalhyd:
     - rm -rf jalhyd
     - git clone https://gitlab-ci-token:${CI_JOB_TOKEN}@gitlab.irstea.fr/cassiopee/jalhyd.git
     - cd jalhyd
-    - git checkout "$JALHYD_BRANCH" | git checkout master
+    - git checkout "$JALHYD_BRANCH" || git checkout master
     - npm install
     - npm run build