diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yaml b/.gitlab-ci.yaml
index 28821e72bf958ade3e6db3751056c808f3fc886a..98d0d1ceac91cfbf9ea8770fa5046432b6fb4c22 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yaml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yaml
@@ -58,21 +58,7 @@ hivemind_sync:
     HIVEMIND_MAX_BLOCK: 50000
 
   script:
-    - "DB_NAME=${HIVEMIND_DB_NAME/-/_}"
-    - "DB_URL=$HIVEMIND_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_STRING/$HIVEMIND_DB_NAME"
-    - "echo Corrected db name $DB_NAME"
-    - "echo Corrected db url $DB_URL"
-    - ls -l dist/*
-    - rm -rf ./local-site
-    - mkdir -p `python3 -m site --user-site`
-    - python3 setup.py install --user --force
-    - ./local-site/bin/hive -h
-    - "echo Attempting to recreate database $DB_NAME"
-    - psql -U $POSTGRES_USER -h localhost -d postgres -c "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS $DB_NAME;"
-    - psql -U $POSTGRES_USER -h localhost -d postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE $DB_NAME;"
-    - "echo Attempting to starting hive sync using hived node: $HIVEMIND_SOURCE_HIVED_URL . Max sync block is: $HIVEMIND_MAX_BLOCK"
-    - echo Attempting to access database $DB_URL
-    - ./local-site/bin/hive sync --test-max-block=$HIVEMIND_MAX_BLOCK --exit-after-sync --test-profile=False --steemd-url "$HIVEMIND_SOURCE_HIVED_URL" --database-url $DB_URL 2>&1 | tee -i hivemind-sync.log
+    - scripts/ci_sync.sh "$HIVEMIND_DB_NAME" "$HIVEMIND_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_STRING" "$HIVEMIND_SOURCE_HIVED_URL" $HIVEMIND_MAX_BLOCK
     - echo Attempting to start hive server listening on $HIVEMIND_HTTP_PORT port...
     - if [ -f hive_server.pid ]; then kill -SIGINT `cat hive_server.pid`; fi;
     - rm -f hive_server.pid
diff --git a/scripts/ci_start_server.sh b/scripts/ci_start_server.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..227283f63f82d8310e5d3f87772120c0f0c2b9f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci_start_server.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/bin/bash 
+
+set -e
+
+HIVEMIND_DB_NAME=$1
+HIVEMIND_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_STRING=$2
+HIVEMIND_SOURCE_HIVED_URL=$3
+HIVEMIND_HTTP_PORT=$4
+
+PYTHONUSERBASE=./local-site
+
+DB_NAME=${HIVEMIND_DB_NAME/-/_}
+DB_URL=$HIVEMIND_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_STRING/$DB_NAME
+
+echo Attempting to start hive server listening on $HIVEMIND_HTTP_PORT port...
+if [ -f hive_server.pid ]; then kill -SIGINT `cat hive_server.pid`; fi;
+rm -f hive_server.pid
+screen -L -Logfile hive_server.log -dmS hive_server_$CI_JOB_ID ./local-site/bin/hive server --pid-file hive_server.pid --http-server-port $HIVEMIND_HTTP_PORT --steemd-url "$HIVEMIND_SOURCE_HIVED_URL" --database-url $DB_URL
+for i in `seq 1 10`; do if [ -f hive_server.pid ]; then break; else sleep 1; fi;  done
+cat hive_server.pid
diff --git a/scripts/ci_sync.sh b/scripts/ci_sync.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..06d6e9025d50649eb690986fb059b8ab185ba585
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/ci_sync.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash 
+
+set -e
+
+HIVEMIND_DB_NAME=$1
+HIVEMIND_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_STRING=$2
+HIVEMIND_SOURCE_HIVED_URL=$3
+HIVEMIND_MAX_BLOCK=$4
+
+PYTHONUSERBASE=./local-site
+
+DB_NAME=${HIVEMIND_DB_NAME/-/_}
+DB_URL=$HIVEMIND_POSTGRESQL_CONNECTION_STRING/$DB_NAME
+echo Corrected db name $DB_NAME
+echo Corrected db url $DB_URL
+ls -l dist/*
+rm -rf ./local-site
+mkdir -p `python3 -m site --user-site`
+python3 setup.py install --user --force
+./local-site/bin/hive -h
+echo Attempting to recreate database $DB_NAME
+psql -U $POSTGRES_USER -h localhost -d postgres -c "DROP DATABASE IF EXISTS $DB_NAME;"
+psql -U $POSTGRES_USER -h localhost -d postgres -c "CREATE DATABASE $DB_NAME;"
+echo Attempting to starting hive sync using hived node: $HIVEMIND_SOURCE_HIVED_URL . Max sync block is: $HIVEMIND_MAX_BLOCK
+echo Attempting to access database $DB_URL
+./local-site/bin/hive sync --test-max-block=$HIVEMIND_MAX_BLOCK --exit-after-sync --test-profile=False --steemd-url "$HIVEMIND_SOURCE_HIVED_URL" --database-url $DB_URL 2>&1 | tee -i hivemind-sync.log