diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 092b9e19db41f402822230108b3629983f4204a8..bdffe02ce06fd36050665c343f810571b83f2223 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ test:
            time docker save $MARIADBVERSION > /image-cache/$MARIADBVERSION.tar || true;
         fi;
 
+      - cat caosdb_log.txt
         # the pyinttest docker writes the return value of the tests into the
         # file result
       - rc=`cat .docker/result`