diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 2a9299565a..d78ec2b817 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -23,16 +23,19 @@ jobs:
           pkg-manager: pip-dist
           pip-dependency-file: setup.py
           path-args: .[test]
-      - run: |
-          echo "ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS = [{'host': 'localhost', 'port': 9200}]" > test.cfg
-          python portality/cms/build_fragments.py
-          python portality/cms/build_sass.py
-      - run: |
-          TESTS=$(circleci tests glob "doajtest/unit/test_background*.py" | circleci tests split)
-          pytest -v --color=yes --code-highlight=yes --log-level=DEBUG --junitxml=test-results/doajtest-unit.xml $TESTS
+      - run:
+          name: Prepare doaj env for unittests
+          command: |
+            echo "ELASTICSEARCH_HOSTS = [{'host': 'localhost', 'port': 9200}]" > test.cfg
+            python portality/cms/build_fragments.py
+            python portality/cms/build_sass.py
+      - run:
+          name: Run unit tests
+          command: |
+            TESTS=$(circleci tests glob "doajtest/unit/test_background_*.py" | circleci tests split)
+            pytest -v --color=yes --code-highlight=yes --log-level=DEBUG --junitxml=test-results/doajtest-unit.xml $TESTS
       - store_test_results:
           path: test-results
-
     working_directory: ~/doaj