diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9f592170b603fc38da95578adc8cb91524a6891c..a1da9104aa009780b621c24ee3669a352c42290b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ conventions about the *command line prompt*:
 Fork this project into your personal namespace and configure it (menu `Settings`):
 - In `General > Visibility,...`:
   * [x] `Repository > CI/CD:` active with "Only project members" (or empty)
-  * [x] `Operations`: active with "Only project members" (or empty)
+  * [x] `Environments`: active with "Only project members" (or empty)
 
 Our GitLab instance comes with a shared Docker-based CI/CD *runner* (or executor).
 Generate your [SSH key pair](https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/ssh_keys/) to interact with your VM instance.
@@ -85,13 +85,14 @@ stages:
   - test
   - deploy
 
-# Do here anything common to all jobs' scripts
-before_script:
-  - # install needed packages in this runner (Web servr, etc.)
-  - # configure the git client on this runner
-  - # set up SSH keys via ssh-agent
-  - # launch the ssh-agent and feed it our key from var $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY
-  - echo "$SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+default:
+  # Do here anything common to all jobs' scripts
+  before_script:
+    - # install needed packages in this runner (Web servr, etc.)
+    - # configure the git client on this runner
+    - # set up SSH keys via ssh-agent
+    - # launch the ssh-agent and feed it our key from var $SSH_PRIVATE_KEY
+    - echo "$SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
 
 # Jobs run in parallel within the same stage, unless dependencies are expressed
 unit_test1: