diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7b366e2540b4e34e2429d4d506f8812cd35b834d..2691a4ad7597f246b4c680b1f7463ce654402f23 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -131,8 +131,12 @@ test:
           CAOSDB_TAG=${DEPLOY_REF};
         fi;
       fi
+    - echo "F_BRANCH = $F_BRANCH"
+    - echo "CAOSDB_TAG = $CAOSDB_TAG"
+    - echo "DEPLOY_REF = $DEPLOY_REF"
+    - docker load < /image-cache/caosdb-${F_BRANCH}.tar || true
     - docker pull $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy:$CAOSDB_TAG || CAOSDB_TAG=${DEFAULT_CAOSDB_TAG} ;
-    - echo "$CAOSDB_TAG"
+    - echo "CAOSDB_TAG = $CAOSDB_TAG"
 
     - docker load < /image-cache/${CPPINTTEST_IMAGE_CACHE} || true
     - docker pull $CPPINTTEST_REGISTRY_IMAGE