diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d2f8378e31cecc95257429bac1f900c5e5f25453..90d597d2027853e70449ced3097c9ee439152242 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@
 #
 
 services:
-  # - mariadb:10.4
-  - mysql:8.0
+  - mariadb:10.4
+  - name: mysql:8.0
+    command: --default-authentication-plugin=mysql_native_password
+
 variables:
   DEPLOY_REF: dev
   CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE: $CI_REGISTRY/caosdb/src/caosdb-mysqlbackend/testenv:latest
@@ -67,7 +69,6 @@ unittests:
     - echo "MYSQL_USER_PASSWORD=$MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD" >> .config
     - echo "MYSQL_HOST=mysql" >> .config
     - sleep 10
-    - cat .config
     - make install
     - ./utils/make_db restore_db tests/example.dump.sql
     - ./tests/test_utils.sh
diff --git a/utils/load_settings.sh b/utils/load_settings.sh
index b4f41b637afc54ac7c267824f3457b7b58b0f103..c24a0f4baf6e9e15e56e7ffeacb265b0b5f01673 100644
--- a/utils/load_settings.sh
+++ b/utils/load_settings.sh
@@ -56,9 +56,6 @@ if [[ -z "$MYSQL_CMD" ]] ; then
 fi
 
 # Restore backup.
-echo "-------"
-echo "$my_env"
-echo "-------"
 eval "$my_env"
 
 export MYSQL_CMD