diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4afc4d175e62801a5667f7c9a52ccc89b912c0d1..ca1d886fd7587eaa0269534727b615f7929100fa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ before_script:
   - export GOPATH=${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/_build/go
   - export PATH=${ERL_HOME}/bin:${GOPATH}/bin:${GOROOT}/bin:$PATH
   - mkdir -p ${GOPATH}
-  - socat -d -d -d tcp-listen:2375,reuseaddr,bind=127.0.0.1,fork unix-connect:/var/run/docker.sock &
+  - whoami
+  - socat -d -d -d -lf /var/log/socat.log tcp-listen:2375,reuseaddr,bind=127.0.0.1,fork unix-connect:/var/run/docker.sock &
   - export DOCKER_HOST="tcp://127.0.0.1:2375"
   - ps -ax
   - ls -l /var/run/
+  - sleep 300
   - curl -v 127.0.0.1:2375
   - docker info
   - rebar3 update