diff --git a/test/run-functional-tests b/test/run-functional-tests
index b5085177a..87465ffe6 100755
--- a/test/run-functional-tests
+++ b/test/run-functional-tests
@@ -530,10 +530,10 @@ for case_num in $*;do
         prepare_coverage_env "${node_arry[@]}"
 	if [ "$NORMAL_USER_FLAG" -eq 0 ];then
 		info "Running \"$case_file_in_container\" under 'root'..."
-		docker_exec ${node_arry[0]} "behave --no-logcapture $case_file_in_container || exit 1" || exit 1
+                docker_exec ${node_arry[0]} "behave --no-logcapture $case_file_in_container || exit 1" || ( journalctl -b; exit 1 )
 	else
 		info "Running \"$case_file_in_container\" under normal user 'alice'..."
-                docker_exec ${node_arry[0]} "su - alice -c 'sudo behave --no-logcapture $case_file_in_container || exit 1'" || exit 1
+                docker_exec ${node_arry[0]} "su - alice -c 'sudo behave --no-logcapture $case_file_in_container || exit 1'" || ( journalctl -b; exit 1 )
 	fi
 	fetch_coverage_report "${node_arry[@]}"
 	echo