diff --git a/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/archive_retrieve.sh b/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/archive_retrieve.sh
index 33a411a7ce47137df4dfc8fa1b996a9d0faee6a2..6a323312b4534707227bf3876b474088da60dc70 100755
--- a/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/archive_retrieve.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/archive_retrieve.sh
@@ -44,6 +44,6 @@ echo " Archiving file: xrdcp as user1"
 echo " Retrieving it as poweruser1"
 kubectl -n ${NAMESPACE} cp client_ar.sh client:/root/client_ar.sh
 kubectl -n ${NAMESPACE} cp client_helper.sh client:/root/client_helper.sh
-kubectl -n ${NAMESPACE} exec client -- bash /root/client_ar.sh -n 100 -s 1 -p 4 || exit 1
+kubectl -n ${NAMESPACE} exec client -- bash /root/client_ar.sh -n 100 -s 1 -p 4 -v || exit 1
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_ar.sh b/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_ar.sh
index 15c17171bfe2f4ffde4fa4fb00d890a1c9c96650..243bcd180537eadd1286cc13095a47cd403baf7c 100644
--- a/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_ar.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/client_ar.sh
@@ -7,15 +7,17 @@ TEST_FILE_NAME_BASE=test
 NB_PROCS=1
 NB_FILES=1
 FILE_KB_SIZE=1
+VERBOSE=0
+TAILPID=''
 
 
 usage() { cat <<EOF 1>&2
-Usage: $0 [-n <nb_files>] [-s <file_kB_size>] [-p <# parallel procs>]
+Usage: $0 [-n <nb_files>] [-s <file_kB_size>] [-p <# parallel procs>] [-v]
 EOF
 exit 1
 }
 
-while getopts "n:s:p:" o; do
+while getopts "n:s:p:v" o; do
     case "${o}" in
         n)
             NB_FILES=${OPTARG}
@@ -26,6 +28,9 @@ while getopts "n:s:p:" o; do
         p)
             NB_PROCS=${OPTARG}
             ;;
+        v)
+            VERBOSE=1
+            ;;
         *)
             usage
             ;;
@@ -38,13 +43,16 @@ if [ ! -z "${error}" ]; then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-
-
-
 STATUS_FILE=$(mktemp)
 
 dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/testfile bs=1k count=${FILE_KB_SIZE} || exit 1
 
+if [[ $VERBOSE == 1 ]]; then
+  tail -v -f /mnt/logs/tpsrv0*/rmcd/castor/rmcd_legacy.log &
+  TAILPID=$!
+fi
+
+
 echo "Creating test dir in eos: ${EOS_DIR}"
 # uuid should be unique no need to remove dir before...
 # XrdSecPROTOCOL=sss eos -r 0 0 root://${EOSINSTANCE} rm -Fr ${EOS_DIR}
@@ -121,7 +129,7 @@ while test 0 != $(grep -c tapeonly$ ${STATUS_FILE}); do
     break
   fi
 
-  echo "$(grep -c retrieved$ ${STATUS_FILE})/${NB_FILES} retrieved"
+  echo "$(grep -c retrieved$ ${STATUS_FILE})/${TAPEONLY} retrieved"
 
   for TEST_FILE_NAME in $(grep tapeonly$ ${STATUS_FILE} | sed -e 's/ .*$//'); do
     test 2 = $(eos root://${EOSINSTANCE} info ${EOS_DIR}/${TEST_FILE_NAME} | grep -c nodrain) && sed -i ${STATUS_FILE} -e "s/${TEST_FILE_NAME} tapeonly/${TEST_FILE_NAME} retrieved/"
@@ -137,6 +145,8 @@ echo "RETRIEVED/TAPEONLY/ARCHIVED/NB_FILES"
 echo "${RETRIEVED}/${TAPEONLY}/${ARCHIVED}/${NB_FILES}"
 echo "###"
 
+# stop tail
+test -z $TAILPID || kill ${TAILPID}
 
 test ${RETRIEVED} = ${NB_FILES} && exit 0