diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5e7121eca1b3aab0135a0f15cd1d59dbfc09618f..4eca9853267170e8d51c6b36a2f06dd9e6b70777 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ archiveretrieve:
   stage: test
   script:
     - export NAMESPACE="archiveretrieve-${CTA_BUILD_ID}-$(cat /dev/urandom | tr -dc 'a-z0-9' | fold -w 4 | head -n 1)"
-    - cd continuousintegration/orchestration/; ./run_systemtest.sh -n ${NAMESPACE} -p ${CI_PIPELINE_ID} -s tests/archive_retrieve.sh
+    - cd continuousintegration/orchestration/; ./run_systemtest.sh -n ${NAMESPACE} -p ${CI_PIPELINE_ID} -s tests/archive_retrieve.sh -O -D
   artifacts:
     when: always
     expire_in: 30 days
diff --git a/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/archive_retrieve.sh b/continuousintegration/orchestration/tests/archive_retrieve.sh
index 6a323312b4534707227bf3876b474088da60dc70..dae8e979f3d6ffe7f4fbb0e3433fcee29be730c8 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 -v || exit 1
+kubectl -n ${NAMESPACE} exec client -- bash /root/client_ar.sh -n 1000 -s 15 -p 10 -v || exit 1
 
 exit 0