diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml
index 9a974e90..21c9fb77 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-fixturenet-laconicd.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
-version: "3.2"
 services:
   laconicd:
     restart: unless-stopped
     image: cerc/laconicd:local
     command: ["sh", "/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh"]
     volumes:
+      # The cosmos-sdk node's database directory:
+      - laconicd-data:/root/.laconicd/data
       # TODO: look at folding these scripts into the container
       - ../config/fixturenet-laconicd/create-fixturenet.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/create-fixturenet.sh
       - ../config/fixturenet-laconicd/export-mykey.sh:/docker-entrypoint-scripts.d/export-mykey.sh
diff --git a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-test.yml b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-test.yml
index 929f6feb..d20c3cfc 100644
--- a/app/data/compose/docker-compose-test.yml
+++ b/app/data/compose/docker-compose-test.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
-version: "3.2"
 services:
   test:
     image: cerc/test-container:local
     restart: always
+    environment:
+      CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG: ${CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG}
+    volumes:
+      - test-data:/var
     ports:
       - "80"
+
+volumes:
+  test-data:
diff --git a/app/data/container-build/cerc-test-container/run.sh b/app/data/container-build/cerc-test-container/run.sh
index b4757d9a..5aa33467 100755
--- a/app/data/container-build/cerc-test-container/run.sh
+++ b/app/data/container-build/cerc-test-container/run.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+if [ -n "$CERC_SCRIPT_DEBUG" ]; then
+  set -x
+fi
 # Test if the container's filesystem is old (run previously) or new
 EXISTSFILENAME=/var/exists
 echo "Test container starting"
 if [[ -f "$EXISTSFILENAME" ]];
 then
-    TIMESTAMP = `cat $EXISTSFILENAME`
+    TIMESTAMP=`cat $EXISTSFILENAME`
     echo "Filesystem is old, created: $TIMESTAMP" 
 else
     echo "Filesystem is fresh"