diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9bdfffa4..e80a7e02 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -16,47 +16,24 @@ default:
 .build_template: &build_template
   stage: build
   image: node:20-alpine
-
   cache:
     key: npm-cache
     paths:
       - node_modules/
-
   variables:
-    NODE_ENV: ""
-    NPM_CONFIG_PRODUCTION: "false"
-
+    NPM_CONFIG_PRODUCTION: 'false'
+    NODE_ENV: ''
   script:
-    # Install dependencies
-    - echo "📦 Installing dependencies..."
+    - echo "Installing dependencies..."
     - npm ci --no-audit --no-fund
-
-    # Print env used
-    - echo "✅ Build env used:"
+    - echo "Build env used:"
     - echo "NEXT_PUBLIC_LTI_URL=$NEXT_PUBLIC_LTI_URL"
     - echo "NEXT_PUBLIC_SSO_LOGIN_URL=$NEXT_PUBLIC_SSO_LOGIN_URL"
     - echo "NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL=$NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL"
-
-    # Clean old output
-    - echo "🧹 Cleaning old build..."
-    - rm -rf .next out
-
-    # Build Next.js
-    - echo "🏗️ Running Next.js build..."
+    - echo "Building Next.js static export..."
     - npx next build
-
-    # Export static site
-    - echo "📤 Exporting static site..."
-    - npx next export
-
-    # Validate export result
-    - echo "🔍 Validating export output..."
-    - test -f out/index.html || (echo "❌ out/index.html missing" && exit 1)
-    - test -d out/_next/static || (echo "❌ out/_next/static missing" && exit 1)
-
-    # Build metadata
-    - echo "📝 Writing build-info.json..."
     - |
+      mkdir -p out
       cat <<EOF > out/build-info.json
       {
         "commit": "$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA",
@@ -67,9 +44,8 @@ default:
         "NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL": "$NEXT_PUBLIC_API_BASE_URL"
       }
       EOF
-
   artifacts:
-    name: "out-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA"
+    name: 'out-$CI_COMMIT_SHORT_SHA'
     paths:
       - out/
     expire_in: 1 week