diff --git a/.ci/lanl/gitlab-darwin-ci.yml b/.ci/lanl/gitlab-darwin-ci.yml
index 3c850ce2b7c..1e93cedd196 100644
--- a/.ci/lanl/gitlab-darwin-ci.yml
+++ b/.ci/lanl/gitlab-darwin-ci.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ build:ibm:
     SCHEDULER_PARAMETERS: "-ppower9 -t 1:00:00 -N 1 --ntasks-per-node=16"
   script:
     - module load ibm
+    - module load cuda/11.0
     - git submodule update --init
     - ./autogen.pl
-    - ./configure CC=xlc FC=xlf CXX=xlc++ --prefix=$PWD/install_test --with-libevent=internal
+    - ./configure CC=xlc FC=xlf CXX=xlc++ --prefix=$PWD/install_test --with-libevent=internal --with-cuda=/usr/local/cuda-11.0 --with-ucx=$UCX_INSTALL_PATH_P9
     - make -j 8 install
     - make check
     - export PATH=$PWD/install_test/bin:$PATH
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ test:ibm:
     - pwd
     - ls
     - module load ibm
+    - module load cuda/11.0
     - export PATH=$PWD/install_test/bin:$PATH
     - which mpirun
     - cd examples
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index cf25a034832..f01d4c50259 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Additional copyrights may follow
 
 $HEADER$
 
+fake news
+
 ===========================================================================
 
 This file contains the main features as well as overviews of specific
diff --git a/examples/hello_c.c b/examples/hello_c.c
index ba30e167062..967c45aa65e 100644
--- a/examples/hello_c.c
+++ b/examples/hello_c.c
@@ -22,5 +22,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     printf("Hello, world, I am %d of %d, (%s, %d)\n", rank, size, version, len);
     MPI_Finalize();
 
+
+
     return 0;
 }