diff --git a/.docker/local_testing.sh b/.docker/local_testing.sh
index 6ce3db18767c24deb6ef70ba3158c32961a0e442..55f5228a1836d47930f5db10fc765e24d7ac6a3f 100755
--- a/.docker/local_testing.sh
+++ b/.docker/local_testing.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ CI_REGISTRY=registry.indiscale.com EXEPATH=`pwd` CAOSDB_TAG=dev-latest \
 cd .docker
 CAOSHOSTNAME=caosdb-server ./cert.sh
 CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE=registry.indiscale.com/caosdb-advanced-testenv  ./run.sh
+docker-compose  down