diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yaml b/.gitlab-ci.yaml
index 2427c20a7685aa7336cd62bf8b0df4e3c1361a82..3408310a7e98c5f38b6119369507f66b7dad118f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yaml
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ hivemind_sync:
 
   script:
     - pip3 install --user --upgrade pip setuptools
-    - scripts/ci_sync.sh "$HIVEMIND_DB_NAME" "$HIVEMIND_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_STRING" "$HIVEMIND_SOURCE_HIVED_URL" $HIVEMIND_MAX_BLOCK $HIVEMIND_HTTP_PORT
+    # WARNING: hardcoded 5000017 for max block
+    - scripts/ci_sync.sh "$HIVEMIND_DB_NAME" "$HIVEMIND_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_STRING" "$HIVEMIND_SOURCE_HIVED_URL" 5000017 $HIVEMIND_HTTP_PORT
 
   artifacts:
     paths: