diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index eef96688ba969a95709f27c6b0d96e226662d1e3..c642888588327b2369367a21720aa65f123704fc 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -447,6 +447,10 @@ integration_test_docker:
     - name: docker:dind
   variables:
     DOCKER_TLS_CERTDIR: "/certs"
+  artifacts:
+    when: always
+    paths:
+      - log/
   before_script:
     - |
       if [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" == "$CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH" && -z "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" ]]; then
@@ -465,20 +469,23 @@ integration_test_docker:
     - export BASH_SOURCE=$(pwd)/bootstrap/etc/lofar20rc.sh
 #    Hack HOSTNAME env variable into host.docker.internal, set in docker-compose
     - export HOSTNAME=host.docker.internal
-#    - export HOSTNAME=$(hostname -i)
-#    - export HOSTNAME=$(cat /run/systemd/netif/leases/2 | grep ^ADDRESS= | awk -F'=' '{print $2}')
 #    source the lofarrc file and mask its non zero exit code
     - . bootstrap/etc/lofar20rc.sh || true
 #    TANGO_HOST must be unset our databaseds will be unreachable
     - unset TANGO_HOST
-##    Allow docker image script to execute
-#    - chmod u+x $CI_PROJECT_DIR/sbin/tag_and_push_docker_image.sh
 #    Do not remove 'bash' or statement will be ignored by primitive docker shell
     - bash $CI_PROJECT_DIR/sbin/tag_and_push_docker_image.sh pull $tag
-##    Allow integration test to execute
-#    - chmod u+x $CI_PROJECT_DIR/sbin/run_integration_test.sh
 #    Do not remove 'bash' or statement will be ignored by primitive docker shell
     - bash $CI_PROJECT_DIR/sbin/run_integration_test.sh
+  after_script:
+#    Collect output of all containers
+    - |
+      mkdir -p log
+      for container in $(docker ps -a --format "{{.Names}}")
+      do
+        echo "Saving log for container $container"
+        docker logs "${container}" >& "log/${container}.log"
+      done
 wheel_packaging:
   stage: packaging
   artifacts:
diff --git a/docker-compose/Makefile b/docker-compose/Makefile
index 5aa715b84f64f4038ce946aa2cd9c33f9c53ba23..1f859907bd6eb9038c569e24fd2a40a339145ca5 100644
--- a/docker-compose/Makefile
+++ b/docker-compose/Makefile
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ bootstrap: pull build # first start, initialise from scratch
 	$(MAKE) start dsconfig # boot up containers to load configurations
 	sleep 5 # wait for dsconfig container to come up
 	../sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh ../CDB/LOFAR_ConfigDb.json # load default configuration
+	../sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh ../CDB/tango-archiver-data/archiver-devices.json # load default archive configuration
 	../sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh ../CDB/stations/simulators_ConfigDb.json # by default, use simulators
 
 start: up ## start a service (usage: make start <servicename>)
diff --git a/docker-compose/tango.yml b/docker-compose/tango.yml
index 166891b51f9a1ac59d3fcf837c3486f3199ad798..5a6839f44a356113ae1fc525a0ff6e3290e777cd 100644
--- a/docker-compose/tango.yml
+++ b/docker-compose/tango.yml
@@ -80,12 +80,10 @@ services:
       - TANGO_HOST=${TANGO_HOST}
     command: >
       sh -c "wait-for-it.sh ${TANGO_HOST} --timeout=30 --strict --
-             json2tango -w -a -u /tango-archiver-data/archiver-devices.json &&
              sleep infinity"
     volumes:
       - ..:/opt/lofar/tango:rw
       - ${HOME}:/hosthome
-      - ../CDB/tango-archiver-data:/tango-archiver-data
     logging:
       driver: syslog
       options:
diff --git a/sbin/run_integration_test.sh b/sbin/run_integration_test.sh
index 343eac0520e9e4ece9a4e7144e8ebd1b1e165753..acac6e21e1aeb0850d19aa420a4fe5c9a72970b9 100755
--- a/sbin/run_integration_test.sh
+++ b/sbin/run_integration_test.sh
@@ -20,31 +20,39 @@ sleep 1 # dsconfig container must be up and running...
 # shellcheck disable=SC2016
 echo '/usr/local/bin/wait-for-it.sh ${TANGO_HOST} --strict --timeout=300 -- true' | make run dsconfig bash -
 
+DEVICES="device-boot device-apsct device-apspu device-sdp device-recv device-sst device-unb2 device-xst device-beamlet device-digitalbeam device-tilebeam"
+SIMULATORS="sdptr-sim recv-sim unb2-sim apsct-sim apspu-sim"
+
 # Build only the required images, please do not build everything that makes CI
 # take really long to finish, especially grafana / jupyter / prometheus.
 # jupyter is physically large > 2.5gb and overlayfs is really slow.
-make build device-sdp device-recv device-sst device-unb2 device-xst device-beamlet device-digitalbeam device-tilebeam 
-make build sdptr-sim recv-sim unb2-sim apsct-sim apspu-sim
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+make build $DEVICES $SIMULATORS
 make build elk integration-test
 make build archiver-timescale hdbppts-cm hdbppts-es
 
 # Start and stop sequence
-make stop device-boot device-docker device-apsct device-apspu device-sdp device-recv device-sst device-unb2 device-xst device-beamlet device-digitalbeam device-tilebeam sdptr-sim recv-sim unb2-sim apsct-sim apspu-sim hdbppts-es hdbppts-cm archiver-timescale
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+make stop $DEVICES $SIMULATORS hdbppts-es hdbppts-cm archiver-timescale
+make stop device-docker # this one does not test well in docker-in-docker
 make start elk
 
 # Update the dsconfig
 # Do not remove `bash`, otherwise statement ignored by gitlab ci shell!
 bash "${LOFAR20_DIR}"/sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh "${LOFAR20_DIR}"/CDB/LOFAR_ConfigDb.json
+bash "${LOFAR20_DIR}"/sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh "${LOFAR20_DIR}"/CDB/tango-archiver-data/archiver-devices.json
 bash "${LOFAR20_DIR}"/sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh "${LOFAR20_DIR}"/CDB/stations/simulators_ConfigDb.json
 bash "${LOFAR20_DIR}"/sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh "${LOFAR20_DIR}"/CDB/stations/dummy_positions_ConfigDb.json
 
 cd "$LOFAR20_DIR/docker-compose" || exit 1
-make start sdptr-sim recv-sim unb2-sim apsct-sim apspu-sim
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+make start $SIMULATORS
 
 # Give the simulators time to start
 sleep 5
 
-make start device-boot device-apsct device-apspu device-sdp device-recv device-sst device-unb2 device-xst device-tilebeam device-beamlet device-digitalbeam
+# shellcheck disable=SC2086
+make start $DEVICES
 # Archive devices -> starting order is important
 make start archiver-timescale hdbppts-cm hdbppts-es
 
@@ -63,4 +71,5 @@ make run integration-test default
 bash "${LOFAR20_DIR}"/sbin/update_ConfigDb.sh "${LOFAR20_DIR}"/CDB/integrations/recvcluster_ConfigDb.json
 make restart device-recv device-tilebeam
 sleep 5
+
 make run integration-test recv_cluster