diff --git a/bazel/labgrid/client/common.py b/bazel/labgrid/client/common.py
index 3995fa48478cdfecc227211faa0dad68eab091ba..05f106b9101ca6f8a2f268f60a1f2b331ad4468b 100644
--- a/bazel/labgrid/client/common.py
+++ b/bazel/labgrid/client/common.py
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ def labgrid_client(*args, env=None, timeout=10, output_as_yaml=True, url=""):
         )
     except (CalledProcessError, TimeoutExpired) as e:
         stderr.write(e.output)
+        stderr.write(e.stderr)
         raise
 
     if process.stdout:
diff --git a/bazel/labgrid/local/BUILD.bazel b/bazel/labgrid/local/BUILD.bazel
index 0575aeac3131b46e04c67f95f4f504d5f4cdf3ec..fc69814df37ea050e1b199ce3171d1fa2e95a5c8 100644
--- a/bazel/labgrid/local/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/bazel/labgrid/local/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-load("@rules_python//python:defs.bzl", "py_library", "py_test")
+load("@rules_python//python:defs.bzl", "py_binary", "py_library", "py_test")
 
 py_library(
     name = "local",
@@ -23,6 +23,13 @@ py_library(
     ],
 )
 
+py_binary(
+    name = "harness",
+    srcs = ["harness.py"],
+    visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
+    deps = [":local"],
+)
+
 py_test(
     name = "test",
     size = "small",
diff --git a/bazel/labgrid/local/harness.py b/bazel/labgrid/local/harness.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..4bc0c8386f435fcc39da0db727a90479e971f342
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bazel/labgrid/local/harness.py
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+from argparse import ArgumentParser
+from subprocess import CalledProcessError
+from sys import stderr, stdout
+from time import sleep
+
+from bazel.labgrid.local import harness
+
+
+def arguments(prsr: ArgumentParser) -> None:
+    prsr.add_argument(
+        "--place",
+        help="The name of a place to use.",
+        type=str,
+        default="test_place",
+    )
+    prsr.add_argument(
+        "tags",
+        metavar="KEY=VALUE",
+        nargs="*",
+        help="Tags to set on the place.",
+        default={"fake": "device"},
+    )
+
+
+def main():
+    prsr = ArgumentParser()
+    arguments(prsr)
+    parsed = prsr.parse_args()
+
+    try:
+        with harness(parsed.tags, parsed.place) as test_harness:
+            stdout.write(f"Coordinator URL: {test_harness.coordinator_url}\n")
+            while True:
+                sleep(1)
+                continue
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        exit(0)
+    except CalledProcessError as e:
+        stderr.write(e.stderr)
+        exit(1)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/bazel/labgrid/local/local.py b/bazel/labgrid/local/local.py
index 8112abb486c0579be2ec5664e9e86b13ccbd6264..11eca192ccf185531dffc3f9b908597fc8ade051 100644
--- a/bazel/labgrid/local/local.py
+++ b/bazel/labgrid/local/local.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import socket
 from contextlib import contextmanager
 from dataclasses import dataclass
 from typing import Iterator, Mapping
-
 from bazel.labgrid.local.coordinator import coordinator
 from bazel.labgrid.local.exporter import exporter
 from bazel.labgrid.client.common import labgrid_client
@@ -28,17 +27,17 @@ def harness(
     place: str = "test_place",
 ) -> Iterator[Harness]:
     with coordinator() as url:
-        labgrid_client("--place", place, "create", url=url)
-        try:
-            labgrid_client(
-                "--place",
-                place,
-                "set-tags",
-                *(f"{k}={v}" for k, v in tags.items()),
-                url=url,
-            )
-
-            with exporter(url=url):
+        with exporter(url=url):
+            delete_place = True
+            try:
+                labgrid_client("--place", place, "create", url=url)
+                labgrid_client(
+                    "--place",
+                    place,
+                    "set-tags",
+                    *(f"{k}={v}" for k, v in tags.items()),
+                    url=url,
+                )
                 # add resources to the "place"
                 labgrid_client(
                     "--place",
@@ -52,5 +51,11 @@ def harness(
                     tags=tags,
                     place=place,
                 )
-        finally:
-            labgrid_client("--place", place, "delete", url=url)
+            except KeyboardInterrupt:
+                # A keyboard interrupt sends`SIGINT` to subprocesses (including the coordinator),
+                # so we shouldn't try to communicate with it as it won't be available anymore
+                delete_place = False
+                raise
+            finally:
+                if delete_place:
+                    labgrid_client("--place", place, "delete", url=url)