diff --git a/test/cicd/Makefile.in b/test/cicd/Makefile.in
index 52bf296e..3b208313 100644
--- a/test/cicd/Makefile.in
+++ b/test/cicd/Makefile.in
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # ***** BEGIN LICENSE BLOCK *****
 # 
 # Copyright (C) 2009-2020 Olof Hagsand
-1#
+#
 # This file is part of CLIXON
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
@@ -39,10 +39,13 @@ SHELL	= /bin/sh
 
 .PHONY: all clean distclean depend install uninstall
 
-HOSTS  = vandal.hagsand.com # i86_32 ubuntu
-HOSTS += clixon.dogwood.com # FreeBSD x86_64
-#HOSTS += nuc1.hagsand.com   # x86_64 ubuntu
-#HOSTS += pi2.hagsand.com    # arm Raspian
+
+HOSTS=
+# The "hosts" file must exist and define the HOSTS variable
+# eg :
+# HOSTS += vandal.hagsand.com # i86_32 ubuntu
+# ...
+-include hosts
 
 SCRIPTS  = cligen-mk.sh
 SCRIPTS += clixon-mk.sh
diff --git a/test/cicd/README.md b/test/cicd/README.md
index 3c54ae07..57bc5b44 100644
--- a/test/cicd/README.md
+++ b/test/cicd/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,11 @@ concurrency - non-trivial with bash, eg with `make -j 10`
 
 Note there are other cicd scripts than this, such as the the "travis" scrips.
 
-The Makefile contains a configurable HOSTS variable, please edit.
+The Makefile contains a configurable HOSTS variable, which ius defined
+in a "hosts" file. You must add such a file, eg:
+```
+   HOSTS += vandal.hagsand.com # i86_32 ubuntu
+```
 
 Logs appear in : <hostname>.log.
 
diff --git a/test/test_api.sh b/test/test_api.sh
index fd1feb6f..a6c9fe27 100755
--- a/test/test_api.sh
+++ b/test/test_api.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/bash
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
 # Advanced API XML test. Compile a backend plugin and start the backend, and then send an RPC to
 # trigger that plugin
 # The plugin looks in an XML tree using three different methods:
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ clixon_plugin_init(clicon_handle h)
 EOF
 
 new "compile $cfile"
-gcc -g -Wall -rdynamic -fPIC -shared $cfile -o $sofile
+cc -g -Wall -rdynamic -fPIC -shared $cfile -o $sofile
 
 new "test params: -s running -f $cfg"