diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/start.py b/tangostationcontrol/start.py
index e6fd41c773e62e6ed366fd1fcdfeaa60d1981ad4..196717553fdf658728fab83e859df4ff5c42bc74 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/start.py
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/start.py
@@ -22,4 +22,7 @@ devices = [
 
 for device in devices:
     d = DeviceProxy(device)
-    d.start_coverage()
+    try:
+        d.start_coverage()
+    except Exception:
+        pass
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/store.py b/tangostationcontrol/store.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e839ed56ffbbcb92ec970afe14176ace948b3498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/store.py
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+from tango import DeviceProxy
+
+devices = [
+    # "STAT/Docker/1", # Docker controls the device containers, so it goes before anything else
+    "STAT/PSOC/1",  # PSOC boot early to detect power delivery failure as fast as possible
+    "STAT/PCON/1",  # PCON boot early because it is responsible for power delivery.
+    "STAT/APSPU/1",  # APS Power Units control other hardware we want to initialise
+    "STAT/APSCT/1",
+    "STAT/CCD/1",
+    "STAT/RECV/1",   # RCUs are input for SDP, so initialise them first
+    "STAT/UNB2/1",   # Uniboards host SDP, so initialise them first
+    "STAT/SDP/1",    # SDP controls the mask for SST/XST/BST/Beamlet, so initialise it first
+    "STAT/BST/1",
+    "STAT/SST/1",
+    "STAT/XST/1",
+    "STAT/Beamlet/1",
+    "STAT/AntennaField/1", # Accesses RECV
+    "STAT/TileBeam/1",     # Accesses AntennaField
+    "STAT/DigitalBeam/1",  # Accessed SDP and Beamlet
+    "STAT/TemperatureManager/1",
+]
+
+for device in devices:
+    d = DeviceProxy(device)
+    try:
+        d.store_coverage()
+    except Exception:
+        pass
diff --git a/tangostationcontrol/tox.ini b/tangostationcontrol/tox.ini
index 73fe8ba9f9cf0edf3f7a6a802b105127674f57fa..71061767457155ae1b10ba4f7d682f40fa04be52 100644
--- a/tangostationcontrol/tox.ini
+++ b/tangostationcontrol/tox.ini
@@ -47,17 +47,21 @@ basepython=python3.7
 commands = {envpython} -m testtools.run {posargs}
 
 [testenv:integration]
-allowlist_externals = echo
+allowlist_externals =
+    echo
 passenv = TANGO_HOST
 setenv =
     VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
     TESTS_DIR=./tangostationcontrol/integration_test/{env:TEST_MODULE:default}
     PYTHON={envpython} -m coverage run --source tangostationcontrol --parallel-mode
+ignore_errors = true
 commands =
     echo "Integration test directory configured for{env:TESTS_DIR} ({env:TEST_MODULE:default})"
     {envpython} -m stestr --version
     {envpython} -m coverage --version
+    {envpython} start.py
     {envpython} -m stestr run --serial {posargs}
+    {envpython} store.py
     {envpython} -m coverage combine
     {envpython} -m coverage html --omit='*test*' -d cover
     {envpython} -m coverage xml -o coverage.xml