diff --git a/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/ctaeos-mgm.sh b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/ctaeos-mgm.sh
index cef628e2ccdbd2ede0385c5952efa3586518eb58..c16d438d6ad5a8adefb74f90ca77db2771fb20ac 100755
--- a/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/ctaeos-mgm.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/ctaeos-mgm.sh
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ if [ ! -e /etc/buildtreeRunner ]; then
 fi
 
 # Check that the /usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd executable has been installed
-test -e /usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd && echo "/usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd EXISTS" || exit 1
-test -f /usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd && echo "/usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd IS A REGULAR FILE" || exit 1
-test -x /usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd && echo "/usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd IS EXECUTABLE" || exit 1
+test -e /usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd || { echo "/usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd MISSING" ; exit 1; }
+test -f /usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd || { echo "/usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd NO A REGULAR FILE"; exit 1; }
+test -x /usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd && echo "/usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd exists as a regular, executable file: OK" || { echo "/usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd NOT EXECUTABLE"; exit 1; }
 
 # create local users as the mgm is the only one doing the uid/user/group mapping in the full infrastructure
 groupadd --gid 1100 eosusers
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ else
     /usr/bin/xrootd -n fst -c /etc/xrd.cf.fst -l /var/log/eos/xrdlog.fst -b -Rdaemon
 
 
-  runuser -u daemon setsid /usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd > /dev/null 2>&1 < /dev/null &
+  runuser -u daemon setsid /usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd < /dev/null &
 fi
 
-echo "Giving cta-fst-gcd 1 second to start logging"
-sleep 1
+echo "Giving cta-fst-gcd 3 second to start logging"
+sleep 3
 
 let EXPECTED_NB_STARTED_CTA_FST_GCD=NB_STARTED_CTA_FST_GCD+1
 ACTUAL_NB_STARTED_CTA_FST_GCD=0
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ if test -f /var/log/eos/fst/cta-fst-gcd.log; then
   ACTUAL_NB_STARTED_CTA_FST_GCD=`grep "cta-fst-gcd started" /var/log/eos/fst/cta-fst-gcd.log | wc -l`
 else
   echo "/var/log/eos/fst/cta-fst-gcd.log DOES NOT EXIST"
+  ps auxf | grep gcd
   exit 1
 fi
 if test ${EXPECTED_NB_STARTED_CTA_FST_GCD} = ${ACTUAL_NB_STARTED_CTA_FST_GCD}; then
diff --git a/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/mkSymlinks.sh b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/mkSymlinks.sh
index 683a0325c47db98fd7e29ebdc7bab0feb5da051c..7df4512d961e44de9752d8d961da0d8c971046c8 100755
--- a/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/mkSymlinks.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/mkSymlinks.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,17 @@
 
 # make symbolic links to all CTA binaries.
 
-echo Creating symlinks for CTA binaries.
+
+
+echo "Creating symlinks for CTA binaries."
 ln -s -v -t /usr/bin `find ${BUILDTREE_BASE}/${CTA_BUILDTREE_SUBDIR} -type f -executable | egrep -v '\.so(\.|$)' | egrep -v '\.sh$' | grep -v RPM/BUILD | grep -v CMake | grep -v CPack`
 echo Creating symlinks for CTA libraries.
 find ${BUILDTREE_BASE}/${CTA_BUILDTREE_SUBDIR} | grep '.so$' | xargs -itoto ln -s -v -t /usr/lib64 toto
 echo Creating symlink for frontend configuration file.
-ln -s -v -t /etc/cta `perl -e 'while (<>) { if (/cta_SOURCE_DIR:STATIC=(.*)/ ) { print $1."\n"; } }' < ${BUILDTREE_BASE}/${CTA_BUILDTREE_SUBDIR}/CMakeCache.txt`/xroot_plugins/cta-frontend-xrootd.conf
+CTA_SOURCE_TREE=`perl -e 'while (<>) { if (/cta_SOURCE_DIR:STATIC=(.*)/ ) { print $1."\n"; } }' < ${BUILDTREE_BASE}/${CTA_BUILDTREE_SUBDIR}/CMakeCache.txt`
+ln -s -v -t /etc/cta ${CTA_SOURCE_TREE}/xroot_plugins/cta-frontend-xrootd.conf
+echo "Copying cta-fst-gcd (requires a different name)"
+cp -v ${CTA_SOURCE_TREE}/python/eosfstgcd/ctafstgcd.py /usr/bin/cta-fst-gcd
 if [[ -n "${EOS_BUILDTREE_SUBDIR}" ]]; then
   echo Creating symlinks for EOS binaries.
   ln -s -v -t /usr/bin `find ${BUILDTREE_BASE}/${EOS_BUILDTREE_SUBDIR} -type f -executable | egrep -v '\.so(\.|$)' | egrep -v '\.sh$' | grep -v RPM/BUILD | grep -v CMake | grep -v CPack`
@@ -18,3 +23,4 @@ if [[ -n "${EOS_BUILDTREE_SUBDIR}" ]]; then
   mkdir /var/eos{,/wfe{,/bash},ns-queue{,/default}}
   chown -R daemon.daemon /var/log/eos /var/eos
 fi
+echo "Symlinks creation compete."