diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e4fbbe43c3577aae3f4d100e8b12f296c92a1493..ee91a3f4f27c2ad36bf5adec43f98b0cb954d261 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ test:
         fi;
       fi
     - docker pull $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-deploy:$CAOSDB_TAG || CAOSDB_TAG=dev ;
+    - echo "$CAOSDB_TAG"
 
     - docker load < /image-cache/${CPPINTTEST_IMAGE_CACHE} || true
     - docker pull $CPPINTTEST_REGISTRY_IMAGE
@@ -157,7 +158,6 @@ test:
     - ls -la cert
 
       # here the server and the mysql backend docker are being started
-    - echo "$CAOSDB_TAG"
     - CAOSDB_TAG=$CAOSDB_TAG docker-compose  up -d
 
       # the pyinttest docker writes the return value of the tests into the