diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9880c81297e262095708e970dff66009f55d1433..e4c12177e7e7d85469d1bc3ab9ddad5b690dc4fb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,14 +30,18 @@ windows:
   variables:
     GIT_DEPTH: "1" # shallow cloning
   script:
-    - $OPTLIBS = "C:/opt/x64"
-    - $FFTW3_INCLUDE_DIR = "$OPTLIBS/include"
-    - $FFTW3_LIB = "$OPTLIBS/lib/libfftw3-3.lib"
-    - $QTDIR = "C:/Qt/current/msvc2019_64"
-    - $QTCMake_DIR = "$QTDIR/lib/cmake"
+    - $OPT_DIR = "C:/opt/new/x64"
+    - $FFTW3_INCLUDE_DIR = "$OPT_DIR/include"
+    - $FFTW3_LIB = "$OPT_DIR/lib/libfftw3-3.lib"
+    - $BOOST_DIR = "$OPT_DIR/boost_current"
+    - $BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR = "$BOOST_DIR/include"
+    - $BOOST_LIB_DIR = "$BOOST_DIR/lib"
+    - $QT_MSVC_DIR = "C:/Qt/msvc"
+    - $QTCMake_DIR = "$QT_MSVC_DIR/lib/cmake"
     - $BUILD_DIR = "build"
     - echo "#--- DIAGNOSTICS ---"
     # list powershell properties
+    - echo "# Path <$Env:Path>"
     - echo "# Powershell <$PSHOME>`n  PS Profile <$PROFILE>`n  PS Command-Path <$PSCOMMANDPATH>"
     # list all environmental variables
     - echo "----------------------------------------"
@@ -49,7 +53,7 @@ windows:
     - pwd
     - echo "#--- CONFIGURE ---"
     - cmake --version
-    - cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -T host=x64 -DLIB_MAN=OFF -DQTDIR="$QTDIR" -DQt5_DIR="$QTCMake_DIR/Qt5" -DQt5Test_DIR="$QTCMake_DIR/Qt5Test"     -DFFTW3_INCLUDE_DIR="$FFTW3_INCLUDE_DIR" -DFFTW3_LIBRARY="$FFTW3_LIB" -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH="$OPTLIBS/include" -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH="$OPTLIBS/lib" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="cl.exe" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="cl.exe" -B. ..
+    - cmake -G "Visual Studio 16 2019" -A x64 -T host=x64 -DLIB_MAN=OFF -DQTDIR="$QT_MSVC_DIR" -DQt5_DIR="$QTCMake_DIR/Qt5" -DQt5Test_DIR="$QTCMake_DIR/Qt5Test" -DFFTW3_INCLUDE_DIR="$FFTW3_INCLUDE_DIR" -DFFTW3_LIBRARY="$FFTW3_LIB" -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH="$OPT_DIR/include;$BOOST_INCLUDE_DIR" -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH="$OPT_DIR/lib;$BOOST_LIB_DIR" -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER="cl.exe" -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER="cl.exe" -B. ..
     - echo "#--- BUILD ---"
     - pwd
     - cmake --build . --config Release --clean-first