diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 578f5ac7c2f1268f523b212e83d4fb6f75f8acb4..e2a030f1843f8a89c3afff2cb5da7302cc5968ca 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ unittests:
     - cat .config
     - whereis mysql
     - command -v mysql
+    - ls
+    - ./make_db bla || echo "failed"
     - ./make_db test-connection
     - ./make_db test --fresh