diff --git a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/test/typescript/integration/jvm-kotlin-spring-server.test.ts b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/test/typescript/integration/jvm-kotlin-spring-server.test.ts
index 6d66d8c4db8..235f91b558c 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/test/typescript/integration/jvm-kotlin-spring-server.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-plugin-ledger-connector-corda/src/test/typescript/integration/jvm-kotlin-spring-server.test.ts
@@ -36,21 +36,8 @@ test(testCase, async (t: Test) => {
   t.ok(ledger, "CordaTestLedger instantaited OK");
 
   test.onFinish(async () => {
-    try {
-      const logBuffer = ((await ledgerContainer.logs({
-        follow: false,
-        stdout: true,
-        stderr: true,
-      })) as unknown) as Buffer;
-      const logs = logBuffer.toString("utf-8");
-      t.comment(`[CordaAllInOne] ${logs}`);
-    } finally {
-      try {
-        await ledger.stop();
-      } finally {
-        await ledger.destroy();
-      }
-    }
+    await ledger.stop();
+    await ledger.destroy();
   });
   const ledgerContainer = await ledger.start();
   t.ok(ledgerContainer, "CordaTestLedger container truthy post-start() OK");
diff --git a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/corda/corda-test-ledger.ts b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/corda/corda-test-ledger.ts
index 374f37eb129..ce31edc1dda 100644
--- a/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/corda/corda-test-ledger.ts
+++ b/packages/cactus-test-tooling/src/main/typescript/corda/corda-test-ledger.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   Logger,
   LoggerProvider,
   Checks,
+  Bools,
 } from "@hyperledger/cactus-common";
 import { Base64File } from "../common/base64-file";
 import {
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export interface ICordaTestLedgerConstructorOptions {
   rpcPortC?: number;
   logLevel?: LogLevelDesc;
   envVars?: string[];
+  emitContainerLogs?: boolean;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -81,6 +83,7 @@ export class CordaTestLedger implements ITestLedger {
   public readonly rpcPortA: number;
   public readonly rpcPortB: number;
   public readonly rpcPortC: number;
+  public readonly emitContainerLogs: boolean;
 
   private container: Container | undefined;
   private containerId: string | undefined;
@@ -96,6 +99,9 @@ export class CordaTestLedger implements ITestLedger {
     this.rpcPortB = opts.rpcPortB || DEFAULTS.rpcPortB;
     this.rpcPortC = opts.rpcPortC || DEFAULTS.rpcPortC;
     this.rpcPortNotary = opts.rpcPortNotary || DEFAULTS.rpcPortNotary;
+    this.emitContainerLogs = Bools.isBooleanStrict(opts.emitContainerLogs)
+      ? (opts.emitContainerLogs as boolean)
+      : true;
 
     this.envVars = opts.envVars ? opts.envVars : DEFAULTS.envVars;
     Checks.truthy(Array.isArray(this.envVars), `${fnTag}:envVars not an array`);
@@ -168,6 +174,14 @@ export class CordaTestLedger implements ITestLedger {
       eventEmitter.once("start", async (container: Container) => {
         this.container = container;
         this.containerId = container.id;
+        if (this.emitContainerLogs) {
+          const logOptions = { follow: true, stderr: true, stdout: true };
+          const logStream = await container.logs(logOptions);
+          logStream.on("data", (data: Buffer) => {
+            const fnTag = `[${this.getContainerImageName()}]`;
+            this.log.debug(`${fnTag} %o`, data.toString("utf-8"));
+          });
+        }
         try {
           let isHealthy = false;
           do {