diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/cargo-arangodb.venice b/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/cargo-arangodb.venice
index db91e8941..aebda9b5f 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/cargo-arangodb.venice
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/cargo-arangodb.venice
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
 
 (defn
   ^{ :arglists '(
-          "(cargo-arangodb/start cname version mapped-port root-passwd memory cores log)")
+          "(cargo-arangodb/start cname version mapped-port root-passwd memory cores log)"
+          "(cargo-arangodb/start cname version volumes mapped-port root-passwd memory cores log)")
      :doc """
           Starts an ArangoDB container.
 
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@
             (ca/start "db-test" "3.11.4" 8500 "test" "8GB" 1 nil))
           """)
      :see-also '(
+          "cargo-arangodb/logs"
           "cargo-arangodb/stop"
           "cargo-arangodb/running?") }
 
@@ -128,7 +130,9 @@
 
 
 (defn
-  ^{ :arglists '("(cargo-arangodb/stop cname log)")
+  ^{ :arglists '(
+          "(cargo-arangodb/stop cname)"
+          "(cargo-arangodb/stop cname log)")
      :doc """
           Stops an ArangoDB container
 
@@ -150,12 +154,15 @@
           "cargo-arangodb/start" 
           "cargo-arangodb/running?") }
 
-  stop [cname log]
-
-  { :pre [(string? cname)] }
+  stop 
 
-  (let [log (or log default-log)]
-    (cargo/stop cname log)))
+  ([cname]
+     (stop cname nil))
+ 
+  ([cname log]
+    { :pre [(string? cname)] }
+    (let [log (or log default-log)]
+      (cargo/stop cname log))))
 
 
 (defn
@@ -171,11 +178,13 @@
           """
           ;; Test if ArangoDB container is running
           (do
-            (load-module :cargo-arangodb)
-            (cargo-arangodb/running? "db-test"))
+            (load-module :cargo-arangodb ['cargo-arangodb :as 'ca])
+            (ca/running? "db-test"))
           """)
      :see-also '(
-          "cargo-arangodb/start", "cargo-arangodb/stop") }
+          "cargo-arangodb/logs"
+          "cargo-arangodb/start", 
+          "cargo-arangodb/stop") }
 
   running? [cname]
 
@@ -184,6 +193,43 @@
   (docker/container-running-with-name? cname))
 
 
+(defn 
+  ^{ :arglists '(
+          "(cargo-arangodb/logs cname)"
+          "(cargo-arangodb/logs cname lines)")
+     :doc """
+          Prints the ArangoDB docker container logs
+
+          Args:
+
+          | cname   | A unique container name  |
+          | lines   | The number of tail lines. Defaults to 100  |
+          """
+     :examples '(
+          """
+          (do
+            (load-module :cargo-arangodb ['cargo-arangodb :as 'ca])
+            (ca/logs "db-test"))
+          """,
+          """
+          (do
+            (load-module :cargo-arangodb ['cargo-arangodb :as 'ca])
+            (ca/logs "db-test" 100))
+          """)
+     :see-also '(
+          "cargo-arangodb/start" 
+          "cargo-arangodb/running?") }
+
+  logs 
+
+  ([cname] 
+    (logs cname 100))
+
+  ([cname lines]
+    (->> (docker/container-logs cname :tail lines)
+        (println))))
+
+
 
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; ArangoDB dump & restore databases
diff --git a/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/cargo-qdrant.venice b/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/cargo-qdrant.venice
index 142aee7c4..e724b18b7 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/cargo-qdrant.venice
+++ b/src/main/resources/com/github/jlangch/venice/cargo-qdrant.venice
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@
 ;;;; This is just a configuration wrapper on top of the :cargo module to
 ;;;; simplify using Qdrant testcontainers
 
+;;;; docker run -p 6333:6333 -p 6334:6334 \
+;;;;    -v /data/qdrant-storage:/qdrant/storage:z \
+;;;;    qdrant/qdrant
+
 (ns cargo-qdrant)
 
 (load-module :docker)
@@ -45,7 +49,9 @@
 
 (defn
   ^{ :arglists '(
-          "(cargo-qdrant/start cname version storage-dir)")
+          "(cargo-qdrant/start cname version storage-dir)"
+          "(cargo-qdrant/start cname version storage-dir config-file log)"
+          "(cargo-qdrant/start cname version mapped-rest-port mapped-grpc-port storage-dir config-file log)")
      :doc """
           Starts a Qdrant container. 
           
@@ -87,10 +93,14 @@
           """)
      :see-also '(
           "cargo-qdrant/stop"
-          "cargo-qdrant/running?") }
+          "cargo-qdrant/running?"
+          "cargo-qdrant/logs") }
 
   start 
-  
+
+  ([cname version storage-dir]
+    (start cname version storage-dir nil nil))
+ 
   ([cname version storage-dir config-file log]
     (start cname 
            version 
@@ -113,17 +123,17 @@
                 (string? config-file) 
                 (io/file? config-file))] }
     (when-not (io/exists-dir? storage-dir)
-      (throw :VncException 
-             "The Qdrant storage directory \"~{storage-dir}\" does not exist!"))
-    (when-not (and (some? config-file) (io/exists-file? config-file))
-      (throw :VncException 
-             "The Qdrant config file \"~{config-file}\" does not exist!"))   
+      (throw (ex :VncException 
+                 "The Qdrant storage directory \"~(io/file-canonical storage-dir)\" does not exist!")))
+    (when (and (some? config-file) (not (io/exists-file? config-file)))
+      (throw (ex :VncException 
+                 "The Qdrant config file \"~(io/file-canonical config-file)\" does not exist!")))  
     (let [publish   ["~{mapped-rest-port}:~{internal-rest-port}"
                      "~{mapped-grpc-port}:~{internal-grpc-port}"]
           envs      []
           volumes   (if (nil? config-file)
-                       ["~{storage-dir}:/qdrant/storage"]
-                       ["~{storage-dir}:/qdrant/storage"
+                       ["~{storage-dir}:/qdrant/storage:z"]
+                       ["~{storage-dir}:/qdrant/storage:z"
                         "~{config-file}:/qdrant/config/production.yaml"])
           args      []
           log       (or log default-log)
@@ -142,9 +152,11 @@
 
 
 (defn
-  ^{ :arglists '("(cargo-qdrant/stop cname log)")
+  ^{ :arglists '(
+          "(cargo-qdrant/stop cname)"
+          "(cargo-qdrant/stop cname log)")
      :doc """
-          Stops an Qdrant container
+          Stops a Qdrant container
 
           Args:
 
@@ -162,12 +174,15 @@
           "cargo-qdrant/start" 
           "cargo-qdrant/running?") }
 
-  stop [cname log]
-
-  { :pre [(string? cname)] }
+  stop 
+  
+  ([cname]
+     (stop cname nil))
 
-  (let [log (or log default-log)]
-    (cargo/stop cname log)))
+  ([cname log]
+    { :pre [(string? cname)] }
+    (let [log (or log default-log)]
+      (cargo/stop cname log))))
 
 
 (defn
@@ -186,7 +201,8 @@
             (load-module :cargo-qdrant ['cargo-qdrant :as 'cq])
             (cq/running? "qdrant"))
           """)
-     :see-also '(
+     :see-also '(    
+          "cargo-qdrant/logs"
           "cargo-qdrant/start", 
           "cargo-qdrant/stop") }
 
@@ -197,6 +213,43 @@
   (docker/container-running-with-name? cname))
 
 
+(defn 
+  ^{ :arglists '(
+          "(cargo-qdrant/logs cname)"
+          "(cargo-qdrant/logs cname lines)")
+     :doc """
+          Prints the Qdrant docker container logs
+
+          Args:
+
+          | cname   | A unique container name  |
+          | lines   | The number of tail lines. Defaults to 100  |
+          """
+     :examples '(
+          """
+          (do
+            (load-module :cargo-qdrant ['cargo-qdrant :as 'cq])
+            (cq/logs "qdrant"))
+          """,
+          """
+          (do
+            (load-module :cargo-qdrant ['cargo-qdrant :as 'cq])
+            (cq/logs "qdrant" 100))
+          """)
+     :see-also '(
+          "cargo-qdrant/start" 
+          "cargo-qdrant/running?") }
+
+  logs 
+
+  ([cname] 
+    (logs cname 100))
+
+  ([cname lines]
+    (->> (docker/container-logs cname :tail lines)
+         (println))))
+
+
 
 ;; ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;; utils
@@ -206,9 +259,12 @@
   (println "Qdrant:" s))
 
 (defn qdrant-ready? [cname]
-  (-> (docker/container-logs cname :tail 1)
-      (str/trim)
-      (match? #".*is ready for business. Have fun.*")))
+  (->> (docker/container-logs cname :tail 100)
+       (str/split-lines)
+       (map str/trim)
+       (filter #(match? % #".*Qdrant HTTP listening on [0-9]{4}.*"))
+       (count)
+       (pos?)))
 
 (defn dir-empty? [dir]
   (zero? (count (io/list-files dir))))