diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 44d4347..1126caf 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
 
 variables:
   KUBE_CONFIG_PATH: "/root/.kube/config"
+  AUTHENTIK_URL: "https://auth.lab.cowley.tech"
 
 validate-authentik:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
   stage: validate
@@ -34,4 +35,5 @@ validate-authentik:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
     - echo "${KUBECONFIG_BASE64}" | base64 -d > ${KUBE_CONFIG_PATH}
   script:
     - cd authentik/
+    - tofu init
     - tofu validate
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