diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6a0c00d43..eafb15e0b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ build-linux:
     - apt-get install -y -qq libpulse-dev libasound2-dev libusb-1.0-0-dev
     - apt-get install -y -qq libavcodec-dev libavfilter-dev libavutil-dev libswscale-dev
     - apt-get install -y -qq libssl-dev libboost-all-dev libboost-context-dev
-    - apt-get install -y -qq libfmt-dev liblz4-dev libzstd-dev
-    - apt-get install -y -qq libopus-dev libenet-dev libsimpleini-dev libstb-dev
     - apt-get install -y -qq libvulkan-dev
     - apt-get install -y -qq qtbase5-dev qtbase5-private-dev qtwebengine5-dev qtmultimedia5-dev
     - apt-get install -y -qq libqt5core5a libqt5gui5 libqt5widgets5 libqt5dbus5
@@ -78,15 +76,18 @@ build-linux:
     - apt-get install -y -qq nasm
     - apt-get install -y -qq glslang-tools
     - apt-get install -y -qq libmbedtls-dev catch2
-    - apt-get install -y -qq libfuse2
+    - apt-get install -y -qq libfuse2 gdb
   script:
     - git submodule update --init --recursive
     - cmake -B build -S . -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DENABLE_QT=ON -DENABLE_SDL2=ON -DENABLE_WEB_SERVICE=ON -DCITRON_USE_BUNDLED_VCPKG=ON -DCITRON_USE_BUNDLED_FFMPEG=ON -DCMAKE_EXPORT_COMPILE_COMMANDS=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-Wno-error=conversion"
     - cmake --build build --config $BUILD_TYPE --parallel $CMAKE_BUILD_PARALLEL_LEVEL
-    - chmod +x AppImage-build-local.sh
-    - ./AppImage-build-local.sh || echo "AppImage build failed, continuing..."
+    - echo "Build completed, checking for executables..."
     - ls -la build/bin/ || echo "No build/bin directory found"
     - find build/ -name "*.so" -o -name "citron*" | head -20 || echo "No shared libraries or executables found"
+    - echo "Checking library dependencies..."
+    - ldd build/bin/citron || echo "citron binary not found or ldd failed"
+    - chmod +x AppImage-build-local.sh
+    - ./AppImage-build-local.sh || echo "AppImage build failed, continuing..."
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - build/bin/