diff --git a/.github/workflows/workspaces.yml b/.github/workflows/workspaces.yml
index 84d586ec4..a2cd5146e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/workspaces.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/workspaces.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,11 @@ jobs:
   workspaces:
       name: "GAP 4.12.2 / ubuntu / 64"
       runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      container:
+          image: jamesdbmitchell/gap-docker-minimal:version-4.12.2
+          options: --user root
+          volumes: ${{ GITHUB_WORKSPACE }}:/home/gap/inst/gap-4.12.2/pkg
       steps:
           - uses: actions/checkout@v3
           - name: "Run Semigroups packages' workspace tests"
-            run: ci/launch-gap-docker-container.sh
+            run: ci/run-tests-gap-tests-in-docker-container.sh
diff --git a/ci/launch-gap-docker-container.sh b/ci/launch-gap-docker-container.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7c32e9740..000000000
--- a/ci/launch-gap-docker-container.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-# This file is temporarily copied from libsemigroups/ci/ file of the same name.
-set -e
-
-CONTAINER_NAME="jamesdbmitchell/gap-docker-minimal:version-4.12.2"
-
-# Pull the docker container
-docker pull "$CONTAINER_NAME" 
-
-# Start the docker container detached
-ID=$(docker run --rm -i -d "$CONTAINER_NAME")
-
-# Copy the libsemigroups directory into the container
-docker cp . "$ID:/home/gap/semigroups"
-
-# Run the ci/docker-gap.sh script in the running container
-docker exec -i "$ID" semigroups/ci/run-gap-tests-in-docker-container.sh ; exit
-
-# Attach to the container
-docker attach "$ID"