diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b89a861..7d79893 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -150,14 +150,13 @@ EgwMultiEngineManager.Core:SDK:build:
       when: always
   before_script:
     - *nuget-fix
-    - '& "$env:NUGET_PATH" restore "$env:SOL_NAME.sln" -PackagesDirectory "c:\.nuget\packages"'
-#    - dotnet restore "$env:SOL_NAME.sln"
+#    - '& "$env:NUGET_PATH" restore "$env:SOL_NAME.sln" -PackagesDirectory "c:\.nuget\packages"'
+    - dotnet restore "$env:SOL_NAME.sln"
   script:
     - echo $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH
 #    - dotnet build EgwMultiEngineManager.Data/EgwMultiEngineManager.Data.vbproj
-#    - dotnet build $env:APP_NAME/$env:APP_NAME.vbproj
-    - '& "$env:MSBUILD_PATH" "$env:APP_NAME\$env:APP_NAME.vbproj" -target:Build /p:Configuration=Debug /p:OutputPath=bin/ /verbosity:minimal /m'
-#    - '& "$env:MSBUILD_PATH" "$env:APP_NAME\$env:APP_NAME.vbproj" -target:Build /p:Configuration=Debug /p:OutputPath=bin/ /nodeReuse:false /verbosity:minimal /m'
+    - dotnet build $env:APP_NAME/$env:APP_NAME.vbproj
+#    - '& "$env:MSBUILD_PATH" "$env:APP_NAME\$env:APP_NAME.vbproj" -target:Build /p:Configuration=Debug /p:OutputPath=bin/ /verbosity:minimal /m'
 
 # --------------------------------
 # DEPLOY develop (beta nuget)
@@ -191,6 +190,7 @@ EgwMultiEngineManager.Core:SDK:deploy:
   variables:
     APP_NAME: EgwMultiEngineManager.Core
     SOL_NAME: EgwMultiEngineManager
+    NUGET_PACKAGES: 'C:\.nuget\packages'   # force global packages folder
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == 'develop'
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^feature\/EgwMultiEngineManager.+/