diff --git a/ci/buildkite-pipeline.sh b/ci/buildkite-pipeline.sh
index 53c3f23756beb9..303e9794001670 100755
--- a/ci/buildkite-pipeline.sh
+++ b/ci/buildkite-pipeline.sh
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ all_test_steps() {
     timeout_in_minutes: 35
     artifact_paths: "sbf-dumps.tar.bz2"
     agents:
-      queue: "gcp"
+      queue: "solana"
 EOF
   else
     annotate --style info \
diff --git a/ci/test-stable.sh b/ci/test-stable.sh
index 2345efef41cbf3..3fcc1ca8cbba28 100755
--- a/ci/test-stable.sh
+++ b/ci/test-stable.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 set -e
 cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
 
+# kick the ci job
+
 cargo="$(readlink -f "./cargo")"
 
 source ci/_