diff --git a/testing/gitlab_test.sh b/testing/gitlab_test.sh
index 6d5c35b8c60b97dc6504d4a95e098cfb7ca716e8..89f1eff8a4531a2dcb224bd790fd1c46338324b0 100755
--- a/testing/gitlab_test.sh
+++ b/testing/gitlab_test.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ printf $OS_PASSWORD | docker secret create OS_PASSWORD -
 
 # create docker configs 
 printf $sftp_users_emg | docker config create sftp_users_emg -
-swift list
 docker stack deploy -c ../docker-compose.emg.yml -c ../docker-compose.emg.dev.yml emg-pvs
 
 ./docker-stack-wait.sh -n renderer -n registrar -n preprocessor -n ingestor -n sftp emg-pvs
@@ -43,6 +42,7 @@ docker stack deploy -c ../docker-compose.emg.yml -c ../docker-compose.emg.dev.ym
 docker service ls
 # perform the testing
 bash ./preprocessor_test.sh preprocessed_list.csv
+sleep 120
 bash ./registrar_test.sh product_list.csv
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]
diff --git a/testing/registrar_test.sh b/testing/registrar_test.sh
index cbf978fbfa81bf86444d2127cfee1325c1be118c..1d7ba6ed43002e6a3ec470fece57184113316419 100755
--- a/testing/registrar_test.sh
+++ b/testing/registrar_test.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ IFS=","
 
 while read product; do
     docker exec -e OS_PASSWORD=$OS_PASSWORD -i $(docker ps -qf "name=emg-pvs_registrar") \
-        /wait-initialized.sh && python3 /registrar.py \
+        /wait-initialized.sh && ls / && python3 /registrar.py \
             --objects-prefix $product \
             --service-url $SERVICE_URL \
             --reporting-dir "/mnt/reports" \