diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cd6a1a6..87a126f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ test sqlite to postgres:
     - echo 'CREATE DATABASE signald' | psql -h postgres -U postgres -a
     - "${CI_PROJECT_DIR}/signaldctl db-move postgresql://postgres@postgres/signald?sslmode=disable"
     - SIGNALD_DATABASE_URI=postgresql://postgres@postgres/signald?sslmode=disable signald --migrate-data
+  variables:
+    SIGNALD_VERBOSE_LOGGING: "true"
   services:
     - name: postgres:latest
       alias: postgres