diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 81e3d0a3d601d6dbf451343a34f97d208cd5e424..0356477d0cbc7cc72e84c588a4f5c110b3ba9de9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 variables:
   # note: GitLab cannot reference variables defined by users in the include ref:, we need to use a YAML anchor for this
   # see https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/yaml/includes/#use-variables-with-include for more information
-  IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF: &IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF main
+  IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF: &IVAS_CODEC_CI_REF reduce-console-log
   # If you need to set some config variable only in a local branch, then add an overwrite here
   # One example is DISABLE_HRTF - this will be set on a branch which is about to be merged and will be removed in a subsequent second MR
   # this is more easily done directly here in the child repo
diff --git a/ci/setup_pages.py b/ci/setup_pages.py
index dbb63c7521ec9202d0bd1544ea41f4f98c209ba2..bf4179502416729453eb0f04e3a3afa2d6c921fd 100755
--- a/ci/setup_pages.py
+++ b/ci/setup_pages.py
@@ -182,11 +182,10 @@ def curl_for_artifacts(job_id: int, project_id: int, exdir: str):
         "--output",
         ARTIFACTS,
     ]
-    print(cmd)
     subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
 
     # check for valid archive (if not, it is likely a 404 page, then display that)
-    cmd = ["unzip", "-t", ARTIFACTS]
+    cmd = ["unzip", "-t", "-qq", ARTIFACTS]
     try:
         subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
     except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ def curl_for_artifacts(job_id: int, project_id: int, exdir: str):
         raise subprocess.CalledProcessError(-1, "Unzip check failed")
 
     # do the actual unzipping
-    cmd = ["unzip", ARTIFACTS, "-d", exdir]
+    cmd = ["unzip", "-q", ARTIFACTS, "-d", exdir]
     subprocess.run(cmd, check=True)
 
 
diff --git a/pytest.ini b/pytest.ini
index c52e1b7bbd61cd023d4045454868c4f916853f4f..98d8d181a000f1a8bb0c3d894740c6a5d979d3e4 100644
--- a/pytest.ini
+++ b/pytest.ini
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # pytest.ini
 # note: per convention, this file is placed in the root directory of the repository
 [pytest]
-addopts = --tb=short -n auto -v
+addopts = --tb=short -n auto -ra
 # Write captured system-out log messages to JUnit report.
 junit_logging = system-out
 # Do not capture log information for passing tests to JUnit report.
diff --git a/tests/create_short_testvectors.py b/tests/create_short_testvectors.py
index 8b889c974fdbb55eb9c60b786ea8643a8f79369e..b280b53e8612b1b5624760f72bededfa9b60f8f5 100755
--- a/tests/create_short_testvectors.py
+++ b/tests/create_short_testvectors.py
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Create short (5sec) testvectors.
 import argparse
 import sys
 import logging
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 from cut_pcm import cut_samples
@@ -112,7 +113,7 @@ def create_short_testvectors(
         out_file = TEST_VECTOR_DIR.joinpath(f.stem + suffix + f.suffix)
         num_channels = audiofile.get_wav_file_info(f)["channels"]
 
-        logging.info(f"{str(f)} -> {out_file}")
+        logging.debug(f"{str(f)} -> {out_file}")
 
         if not dry:
             cut_samples(f, out_file, num_channels, CUT_FROM, f"{cut_len}", GAIN)
@@ -167,6 +168,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     assert not (args.use_ltv and args.ltv_dir is None)
 
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO, format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s")
+    if os.environ.get("IVAS_CI_PYTHON_LOG_LEVEL") == "DEBUG":
+        logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG, format="%(levelname)s: %(message)s")
 
     sys.exit(
         create_short_testvectors(