diff --git a/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/neo4jadmin/TestBackupRestore.java b/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/neo4jadmin/TestBackupRestore.java
index 714db9d6..8664fd23 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/neo4jadmin/TestBackupRestore.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/neo4jadmin/TestBackupRestore.java
@@ -105,11 +105,13 @@ private void testCanBackupAndRestore(boolean asDefaultUser, String password) thr
     {
         final String dbUser = "neo4j";
         Path backupDir;
+        Path adminLogDir;
 
         // BACKUP
         // start a database and populate data
         try(GenericContainer neo4j = createDBContainer( asDefaultUser, password ))
         {
+            temporaryFolderManager.createFolderAndMountAsVolume(neo4j, "/logs");
             Path dataDir = temporaryFolderManager.createFolderAndMountAsVolume(neo4j, "/data");
             neo4j.start();
             DatabaseIO dbio = new DatabaseIO( neo4j );
@@ -129,7 +131,7 @@ private void testCanBackupAndRestore(boolean asDefaultUser, String password) thr
                                          "--include-metadata=all",
                                          "--from=" + neoDBAddress,
                                          "neo4j" );
-
+                adminLogDir = temporaryFolderManager.createNamedFolderAndMountAsVolume(adminBackup, "admin-logs", "/logs");
                 backupDir = temporaryFolderManager.createFolderAndMountAsVolume(adminBackup, "/backups");
                 adminBackup.start();
 
@@ -164,6 +166,7 @@ private void testCanBackupAndRestore(boolean asDefaultUser, String password) thr
                                           "--overwrite-destination=true",
                                           "--from-path=/backups/" + backupFile.getName(),
                                           "neo4j" );
+                temporaryFolderManager.mountHostFolderAsVolume( adminRestore, adminLogDir, "/logs" );
                 temporaryFolderManager.mountHostFolderAsVolume( adminRestore, backupDir, "/backups" );
                 temporaryFolderManager.mountHostFolderAsVolume( adminRestore, dataDir, "/data" );
                 adminRestore.start();
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/neo4jadmin/TestDumpLoad.java b/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/neo4jadmin/TestDumpLoad.java
index 1e67abde..b3edb926 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/neo4jadmin/TestDumpLoad.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/neo4jadmin/TestDumpLoad.java
@@ -100,10 +100,13 @@ private void shouldCreateDumpAndLoadDump( boolean asDefaultUser, String password
         Path firstDataDir;
         Path secondDataDir;
         Path backupDir;
+        Path logs;
+        Path adminLogs;
 
         // start a database and populate it
         try(GenericContainer container = createDBContainer( asDefaultUser, password ))
         {
+            logs = temporaryFolderManager.createFolderAndMountAsVolume(container, "/logs");
             firstDataDir = temporaryFolderManager.createNamedFolderAndMountAsVolume(container,"data1", "/data");
             container.start();
             DatabaseIO dbio = new DatabaseIO( container );
@@ -114,9 +117,10 @@ private void shouldCreateDumpAndLoadDump( boolean asDefaultUser, String password
         // use admin container to create dump
         try(GenericContainer admin = createAdminContainer( asDefaultUser ))
         {
-            temporaryFolderManager.mountHostFolderAsVolume( admin, firstDataDir, "/data" );
+            adminLogs = temporaryFolderManager.createNamedFolderAndMountAsVolume(admin,"admin-logs", "/logs");
+            temporaryFolderManager.mountHostFolderAsVolume(admin, firstDataDir, "/data");
             backupDir = temporaryFolderManager.createFolderAndMountAsVolume(admin, "/backups");
-            admin.withCommand( "neo4j-admin", "database", "dump", "neo4j", "--to-path=/backups" );
+            admin.withCommand("neo4j-admin", "database", "dump", "neo4j", "--to-path=/backups");
             admin.start();
         }
         Assertions.assertTrue( backupDir.resolve( "neo4j.dump" ).toFile().exists(), "dump file not created");
@@ -126,6 +130,7 @@ private void shouldCreateDumpAndLoadDump( boolean asDefaultUser, String password
         try(GenericContainer admin = createAdminContainer( asDefaultUser ))
         {
             secondDataDir = temporaryFolderManager.createNamedFolderAndMountAsVolume(admin, "data2", "/data");
+            temporaryFolderManager.mountHostFolderAsVolume(admin, adminLogs, "/logs");
             temporaryFolderManager.mountHostFolderAsVolume( admin, backupDir, "/backups" );
             admin.withCommand( "neo4j-admin", "database", "load", "neo4j", "--from-path=/backups" );
             admin.start();
@@ -134,6 +139,7 @@ private void shouldCreateDumpAndLoadDump( boolean asDefaultUser, String password
         // verify data in 2nd data directory by starting a database and verifying data we populated earlier
         try(GenericContainer container = createDBContainer( asDefaultUser, password ))
         {
+            temporaryFolderManager.mountHostFolderAsVolume(container, logs, "/logs");
             temporaryFolderManager.mountHostFolderAsVolume( container, secondDataDir, "/data" );
             container.start();
             DatabaseIO dbio = new DatabaseIO( container );
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/utils/Neo4jWaitStrategy.java b/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/utils/Neo4jWaitStrategy.java
index 5dc2a91c..722349d3 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/utils/Neo4jWaitStrategy.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/neo4j/docker/utils/Neo4jWaitStrategy.java
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ protected void waitUntilReady()
                 String fullCommand =
                         "if [ -f /var/lib/neo4j/run/neo4j.pid ]; then\n" +
                                 doThreadDumpCmd + "\n" +
-                                "else\n" +
-                                "echo \"could not dump threads, Neo4j is not running.\"\n" +
-                                "fi";
+                            "else\n" +
+                                "echo >&2 \"could not dump threads, Neo4j is not running.\"\n" +
+                            "fi";
                 Container.ExecResult threadDumpResponse = waitStrategyTarget.execInContainer("sh", "-c", fullCommand);
                 log.warn(threadDumpResponse.getStderr());
             }