diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fae9633b74cb616b6d756fdb1322be23953de94a..b3e9225e144346d1110bcafffa9788ac06870f1c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ job1:
    - EXTERNAL_SHARE_RESULTS_DIR=$EXTERNAL_SHARE_DIR/$git_branch/$git_head
    - echo $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR
    - echo $EXTERNAL_SHARE_RESULTS_DIR
-   - python $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py -r -5GRepoHeadVersion $git_head -n $NFS_SHARE_DIR -u $OAI_USER -p $OAI_PASS $OAI_EXTRA_ARGS >& $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/python_autotest.log
+   - python $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py -r -5GRepoHeadVersion $git_head -n $NFS_SHARE_DIR -u $OAI_USER -p $OAI_PASS `echo $OAI_EXTRA_ARGS` >& $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/python_autotest.log
    - mv $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/python_autotest.log $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log/python_autotest.log
    - sshpass -p "$OAI_PASS" rsync -az -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "  --rsync-path="mkdir -p $NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR && rsync" $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log $OAI_USER@localhost:$NFS_TEST_RESULTS_DIR
    - sshpass -p "$OAI_PASS" rsync -az -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no "  --rsync-path="mkdir -p $EXTERNAL_SHARE_DIR && rsync" $OPENAIR_DIR/cmake_targets/autotests/log $OAI_USER@localhost:$EXTERNAL_SHARE_DIR
diff --git a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
index 903c2686d1d4d32aba915203c04f9e13b8e524a7..0bdd81d4f14db99db1862a0a52bd85889e23f981 100644
--- a/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
+++ b/cmake_targets/autotests/run_exec_lte-softmodem_tests.py
@@ -943,6 +943,10 @@ MachineListGeneric=''
 #os.system(' rm -fr ' + locallogdir + '; mkdir -p ' +  locallogdir  )
 flag_remove_logdir=False
 i=1
+
+print "Number of arguments argc = " + str(len(sys.argv))
+print "Argv = " + " ".join(sys.argv) 
+
 while i < len (sys.argv):
     arg=sys.argv[i]
     if arg == '-d':