diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b85739962782692d97ee3f575498902bb154ee3f..6c0212097df4521b9ba4b9c8cdcb96532a85ece1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ test-services-linux-debug:
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR
     - bash $CI_PROJECT_DIR/deploy/build_env/services-linux/run_asapo.sh
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR/build
-    - ctest --no-compress-output -T Test -L all -E "kafka|full_chain_monitoring|noaccess|restart|logger_fluentd" --output-on-failure --output-junit testResult.xml
+    - ctest --no-compress-output -T Test -L all -E "full_chain_monitoring|noaccess|restart|logger_fluentd" --output-on-failure --output-junit testResult.xml
   tags:
     - kubernetes-executor
   rules:
diff --git a/tests/automatic/producer_receiver/transfer_single_file_with_kafka/check_linux.sh b/tests/automatic/producer_receiver/transfer_single_file_with_kafka/check_linux.sh
index 4898118dcfe9bd4ba87a28917d7bac3ec1f9ebb8..b7aea7d62a44b05d032ab6a2a1eb1a76e7cfdf91 100644
--- a/tests/automatic/producer_receiver/transfer_single_file_with_kafka/check_linux.sh
+++ b/tests/automatic/producer_receiver/transfer_single_file_with_kafka/check_linux.sh
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ done
 mkdir -p ${receiver_folder}
 mkdir -p ${receiver_folder_online}
 
+sleep 3
+
 $1 localhost:8400 ${beamtime_id} 100 1 1  100 30
 
 ls -ln ${receiver_folder_online}/raw/1