diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index af29751d09275394794828d28dc8afd8bf308d1f..6fe0f063d495b53eec52d153e1ef266fd41b3333 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ test:
       - cd .docker
 
         # 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