diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d892c2915e506a573300c715b5054fd24901166b..c0a535adf3f94e5b32fc197919771d65aa53820f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ ui smoketests with prefix:
     - !reference [.e2e-codeceptjs-preview, before_script]
     - unset SUITE_SERVICE_URL
     - export E2E_ADMIN_PW=$ADMIN_PW
+    - export PREVIEW_APP_NAME=$(echo $PREVIEW_APP_NAME | cut -c 1-56)
     - export LAUNCH_URL=https://$PREVIEW_APP_NAME-prefix.dev.oxui.de/appsuite/
     - echo "LAUNCH_URL=$LAUNCH_URL"
   script:
@@ -108,6 +109,7 @@ ui smoketests with sentinel redis:
     - !reference [.e2e-codeceptjs-preview, before_script]
     - unset SUITE_SERVICE_URL
     - export E2E_ADMIN_PW=$ADMIN_PW
+    - export PREVIEW_APP_NAME=$(echo $PREVIEW_APP_NAME | cut -c 1-53)
     - export LAUNCH_URL=https://$PREVIEW_APP_NAME-sntnl.dev.oxui.de/appsuite/
     - echo "LAUNCH_URL=$LAUNCH_URL"
   script: