diff --git a/tests/fixturenet-plugeth-stack/run-test.sh b/tests/fixturenet-plugeth-stack/run-test.sh
index a197735..0a1ebc0 100755
--- a/tests/fixturenet-plugeth-stack/run-test.sh
+++ b/tests/fixturenet-plugeth-stack/run-test.sh
@@ -67,6 +67,12 @@ if [ ! -d "$test_deployment_dir" ]; then
 fi
 echo "deploy create test: passed"
 
+dump_logs () {
+  echo "Test failed. Logs from stack:"
+  $SO_COMMAND deployment --dir $test_deployment_dir logs
+}
+trap dump_logs ERR
+
 $SO_COMMAND deployment --dir $test_deployment_dir start
 
 geth_endpoint=localhost:$($SO_COMMAND deployment --dir $test_deployment_dir port fixturenet-eth-geth-1 8545 | cut -d: -f2)
@@ -109,12 +115,6 @@ log_info "Results of block height queries:"
 echo "Initial block height: $initial_block_number"
 echo "Subsequent block height: $subsequent_block_number"
 
-dump_logs () {
-  echo "Test failed. Logs from stack:"
-  $SO_COMMAND deployment --dir $test_deployment_dir logs
-}
-trap dump_logs ERR
-
 # Block height difference should be between 1 and some small number
 [[ $block_number_difference -gt 1 && $block_number_difference -lt 100 ]]