diff --git a/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml b/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6e00b4ce69..f80d3af2ae 100644
--- a/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/substrate/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ stages:
   - test
   - build
   - publish
+  - label
 
 image:                             parity/rust:nightly
 
@@ -39,16 +40,21 @@ cache:
 
 test:runtime:
   stage:                           test
-  # image:                         alpine/git:latest
+  image:                           parity/tools:latest
   cache:                           {}
   tags:
     - linux-docker
   only:
     - /^[0-9]+$/
+  variables:
+    GITLAB_API:                    "https://gitlab.parity.io/api/v4"
+    GITHUB_API_PROJECT:            "parity%2Finfrastructure%2Fgithub-api"
   script:
     - ./scripts/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
 
 
+
+
 test:rust:stable:                  &test
   stage:                           test
   variables:
@@ -166,24 +172,6 @@ publish:docker:release:
 
 
 
-# configures aws for fast uploads/syncs
-.s3_before_script:                &s3_before_script
-  before_script:
-    - mkdir -p ${HOME}/.aws
-    - |
-      cat > ${HOME}/.aws/config <<EOC
-      [default]
-      s3 =
-        max_concurrent_requests = 20
-        max_queue_size = 10000
-        multipart_threshold = 64MB
-        multipart_chunksize = 16MB
-        max_bandwidth = 50MB/s
-        use_accelerate_endpoint = false
-        addressing_style = path
-      EOC
-
-
 
 publish:s3:release:
   <<:                              *publish_build
@@ -192,7 +180,6 @@ publish:s3:release:
     GIT_STRATEGY:                  none
     BUCKET:                        "releases.parity.io"
     PREFIX:                        "substrate/${ARCH}-${DOCKER_OS}"
-  <<:                              *s3_before_script
   script:
     - aws s3 sync ./artifacts/ s3://${BUCKET}/${PREFIX}/$(cat ./artifacts/VERSION)/
     - echo "update objects in latest path"
@@ -224,7 +211,6 @@ publish:s3:doc:
     GIT_STRATEGY:                  none
     BUCKET:                        "releases.parity.io"
     PREFIX:                        "substrate-rustdoc"
-  <<:                              *s3_before_script
   script:
     - aws s3 sync --delete --size-only --only-show-errors
         ./crate-docs/ s3://${BUCKET}/${PREFIX}/
@@ -233,3 +219,8 @@ publish:s3:doc:
         --human-readable --summarize
   tags:
     - linux-docker
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/substrate/scripts/gitlab/check_runtime.sh b/substrate/scripts/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
index 89484f385e..15ef47c6b9 100755
--- a/substrate/scripts/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
+++ b/substrate/scripts/gitlab/check_runtime.sh
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ then
 	no changes to the runtime source code detected
 
 	EOT
+
 	exit 0
 fi
 
@@ -61,7 +62,15 @@ binary blob. This may break the api.
 
 EOT
 
-
+echo
+echo "# run github-api job for labelling it breaksapi"
+curl -sS -X POST \
+	-F "token=${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" \
+	-F "ref=master" \
+	-F "variables[BREAKSAPI]=true" \
+	-F "variables[PRNO]=${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}" \
+	${GITLAB_API}/projects/${GITHUB_API_PROJECT}/trigger/pipeline
+