diff --git a/tests/test_issues_pylib.py b/tests/test_issues_pylib.py
index e389fe2d709cd36f33c22bf948c89188e76bc791..56009a824f9b3a3608f444c2206237c668f394eb 100644
--- a/tests/test_issues_pylib.py
+++ b/tests/test_issues_pylib.py
@@ -63,16 +63,16 @@ def teardown_function(function):
     """Deleting entities again."""
     setup_module()
 
-
 # ########################### Issue tests start here #####################
 
 
-@pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Entities with many, long, properties: "
-                   "https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-pylib/-/issues/108")
+# @pytest.mark.xfail(reason="Entities with many, long, properties: "
+#                    "https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-pylib/-/issues/108")
 def test_gitlab_com_108():
     """Create RT and a list of properties, then insert and retrieve.
 
-    This is another instance of bugs caused by caosdb/src/caosdb-mysqlbackend#48
+    This is another instance of bugs caused by caosdb/src/caosdb-mysqlbackend#48, but was originally
+    reported as https://gitlab.com/linkahead/linkahead-pylib/-/issues/108
     """
     cont = db.Container()
     long = "Long" * 50
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ def test_gitlab_com_108():
     cont.append(first_RT)
     cont.insert()
     cont.retrieve()
+    print("retrieved")
 
     # Incidentally, the following lines seem to trigger another, unrelated problem
     tests = db.execute_query("FIND ENTITY test*", cache=False)
     tests.delete()
+    print("deleted")