diff --git a/testing/gitlab_test.sh b/testing/gitlab_test.sh
index 89f1eff8a4531a2dcb224bd790fd1c46338324b0..08920c0a7649bbe63f18944c3bc997c3118f1fc6 100755
--- a/testing/gitlab_test.sh
+++ b/testing/gitlab_test.sh
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@ 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 [ $? -ne 0 ]
diff --git a/testing/registrar_test.sh b/testing/registrar_test.sh
index 1d7ba6ed43002e6a3ec470fece57184113316419..0e0b6ea8ba2d49301d89721e6c0f6ad9be90f39c 100755
--- a/testing/registrar_test.sh
+++ b/testing/registrar_test.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ echo "inside registrar_test"
 OS_PASSWORD=$(docker exec -i $(docker ps -qf "name=emg-pvs_registrar") cat /run/secrets/OS_PASSWORD)
 
 IFS=","
-
+docker exec -i $(docker ps -qf "name=emg-pvs_registrar") /wait-initialized.sh
 while read product; do
     docker exec -e OS_PASSWORD=$OS_PASSWORD -i $(docker ps -qf "name=emg-pvs_registrar") \
-        /wait-initialized.sh && ls / && python3 /registrar.py \
+         python3 /registrar.py \
             --objects-prefix $product \
             --service-url $SERVICE_URL \
             --reporting-dir "/mnt/reports" \