diff --git a/docker/test/README.md b/docker/test/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cafd486ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docker/test/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+The files in this folder represent a simple end to end test.
+At the moment it is interactive, so you need to run `docker compose up` in the folder and watch the output for errors.
+Sometimes the mysql container needs more than 15 seconds, so the test_script fails.
+Just try it again.
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diff --git a/docker/test/docker-compose.yml b/docker/test/docker-compose.yml
index ca622e20e..4040485ac 100644
--- a/docker/test/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker/test/docker-compose.yml
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ services:
 ##############  TEST CONTAINER  ###############################################################
   test-container:
     image: alpine
+    depends_on:
+      - pg
+      - mysql
+      - speedtest-alpine-mysql
+      - speedtest-alpine-pg
     volumes:
       - ./test-script.sh:/test-script.sh
     command:
diff --git a/docker/test/test-script.sh b/docker/test/test-script.sh
index 27d236014..8d39e4f42 100644
--- a/docker/test/test-script.sh
+++ b/docker/test/test-script.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+## simple script to call sanitycheck on all containers
+
 PORT=8080
 
 apk add w3m
 
 echo sleeping a little to get things setteled...
-sleep 10
+sleep 15
 
 for db in sqlite pg mysql; do
   for distro in alpine debian; do