diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9ee744e9e2bd2ce69432967c1b1044f01a635000..36612d034ce5ce15fcaabc6a2eac1c30c9b00894 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ include:
 
 default:
   tags:
-    - arm64
+    - amd64
 
 oci:
   stage: .pre
diff --git a/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel b/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel
index 220e81cd549da52a4ca3a91e782222f9d31cdb79..f09c122e20e62417efc3a4086d1812217da30f36 100644
--- a/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/e2e/qemu/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 load("@rules_diff//diff/file/test:defs.bzl", "diff_file_test")
 load("@rules_labgrid//labgrid/run:defs.bzl", "labgrid_run")
+load("@rules_labgrid//labgrid/test:defs.bzl", "labgrid_test")
 
 CPUS = ("amd64", "arm64")
 
@@ -28,3 +29,9 @@ test_suite(
     name = "run",
     tests = ["run-{}".format(cpu) for cpu in CPUS],
 )
+
+labgrid_test(
+    name = "test",
+    src = "@ape//ape:env",
+    platform = "@rules_labgrid//platform:qemu-arm64-linux",
+)
diff --git a/labgrid/run/run.py b/labgrid/run/run.py
index 831ae8e95e16a05ff2f2cfcef3d8fd3fefcef53e..e5b7a95841e44ca4dc295a7cf0794ec841322616 100644
--- a/labgrid/run/run.py
+++ b/labgrid/run/run.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 from typing import Any
 
+import logging
+
+from labgrid.logging import basicConfig, StepLogger
 from argparse import REMAINDER, Action, ArgumentParser, ArgumentTypeError, Namespace
 from dataclasses import dataclass, replace
 from os import environ, linesep, getenv
@@ -30,6 +33,7 @@ from labgrid import Environment
 from labgrid.driver.exception import ExecutionError
 
 T = TypeVar("T")
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 
 class RunfileNotFoundError(FileNotFoundError):
@@ -242,6 +246,9 @@ def run(
         del environ["RUNFILES_DIR"]
     except KeyError:
         pass
+
+    basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)
+    StepLogger.start()
     # Start up Docker container with LabGrid
     target = Environment(str(config)).get_target()
     strategy = target.get_driver("Strategy")