diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index ee7c7ea91527c3723bf8e540f6b9aff73ba2720e..157c565d0f12c5b1dcee453419ab3b4197cd2f8e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -549,6 +549,8 @@ pytest-compare-20ms-and-5ms-rendering:
     - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --update_ref 1 -m create_ref_part2
     ### run pytest
     - exit_code=0
+    - exit_code5=0
+    - exit_code10=0
     - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --html=report-5ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-5ms.xml --dut_fr 5 --decoder_only || exit_code5=$?
     - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --html=report-10ms.html --self-contained-html --junit-xml=report-junit-10ms.xml --dut_fr 10 --decoder_only || exit_code10=$?
     - zero_errors5=$(cat report-junit-5ms.xml | grep -c 'errors="0"') || true
@@ -2040,8 +2042,9 @@ coverage-test-on-main-scheduled:
     - python3 tests/create_short_testvectors.py
     - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v -n auto --update_ref 1 -m create_ref --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec
     - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v -n auto --update_ref 1 -m create_ref_part2 --ref_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --ref_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --dut_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --dut_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec --dut_fr 5 --decoder_only
-    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --dut_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --dut_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec --dut_fr 10 --decoder_only
+    # need to ignore non-zero exit codes as limiter is active and thus the different framesiszes will not be BE in all cases
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --dut_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --dut_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec --dut_fr 5 --decoder_only || true
+    - python3 -m pytest $TESTS_DIR_CODEC_BE_ON_MR -v --dut_encoder_path ./IVAS_cod --dut_decoder_path ./IVAS_dec --dut_fr 10 --decoder_only || true
     - python3 -m pytest -q -n auto tests/renderer/test_renderer.py --create_ref
     - python3 -m pytest -q -n auto tests/renderer/test_renderer.py --create_cut    
     - lcov -c -d obj -o coverage_stv.info # extract coverage of short test vectors here