diff --git a/test/test_automation/ci/run_step.sh b/test/test_automation/ci/run_step.sh
index 839d22807..f2bedd5b0 100755
--- a/test/test_automation/ci/run_step.sh
+++ b/test/test_automation/ci/run_step.sh
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ case "$1" in
               -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=g++ \
 	      -DCMAKE_CUDA_COMPILER=${CUDA_HOME}/bin/nvcc \
 	      -DCMAKE_CUDA_FLAGS=-allow-unsupported-compiler \
+	      -DCMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES=70 \
 	      -DCMAKE_FORTRAN_COMPILER=gfortran -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT="-lgfortran" -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT="-lgfortran" -DCMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS_INIT="-lgfortran" \
               -DDCA_WITH_MPI=1 \
 	      -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${MPI_ROOT}\;${CUDA_ROOT}\;${MAGMA_ROOT}\;${HDF5_ROOT}\;${OPENBLAS_ROOT}\;${ADIOS2_ROOT}\;${FFTW_ROOT} \