diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile b/.docker/Dockerfile
index 70c37e0b0e5e95870a08fecaf7c1c747413b49fc..e7a17cb1c537b9cfe798516f237c5b61d9d33ff2 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile
@@ -19,12 +19,9 @@ RUN apt-get install -y openjdk-11-jdk-headless
 
 
 # build and run tests
-CMD ls -la && \
-    ls -la /usr/local/lib/ && \
-    ls -la /usr/local/lib/libcaosdb && \
-    mkdir build && \
+CMD mkdir build && \
     cd build && \
-    /wait-for-it.sh caosdb-server:10443 -t 500 -- \
     cmake -D CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=/usr/local/lib/libcaosdb .. && \
     cmake --build . && \
+    /wait-for-it.sh caosdb-server:10443 -t 500 -- \
     ctest
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index c21d3d6ed1b02f8bec89154288da38229d5633f2..4c10280ad0d2eefbd3858fa727678608dff3b586 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ test:
 
       # here the server and the mysql backend docker are being started
     - CAOSDB_TAG=$CAOSDB_TAG docker-compose  up -d
+      # store versions of CaosDB parts
+    - docker exec -u 0 -t docker_caosdb-server_1 cat /opt/caosdb/git/caosdb_server_commit > hash_server
+    - docker exec -u 0 -t docker_caosdb-server_1 cat /opt/caosdb/git/caosdb_mysqlbackend_commit > hash_mysql
+    - docker exec -u 0 -t docker_caosdb-server_1 cat /opt/caosdb/git/caosdb_proto_commit > hash_server
 
       # the pyinttest docker writes the return value of the tests into the
       # file result
@@ -179,6 +183,8 @@ test:
     - echo mariadb:$(docker image ls mariadb | grep mariadb | awk '{print $2}')
     - docker save mariadb:$(docker image ls mariadb | grep mariadb | awk '{print $2}') > /image-cache/mariadb.tar || true
 
+    - cat ../caosdb_log.txt
+
       # exit with fail when errors exist
     - exit $rc
   timeout: 3h