diff --git a/placement/tests/functional/fixtures/capture.py b/placement/tests/functional/fixtures/capture.py
index 4edda1b8..90594b49 100644
--- a/placement/tests/functional/fixtures/capture.py
+++ b/placement/tests/functional/fixtures/capture.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class Logging(log.ConfigureLogging):
         if self.level is None:
             self.level = logging.INFO
         # Always capture logs, unlike the parent.
-        self.capture_logs = True
+        self.capture_logs = False
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(Logging, self).setUp()
diff --git a/placement/tests/functional/gabbits/allocations-bug-1778743.yaml b/placement/tests/functional/gabbits/allocations-bug-1778743.yaml
index 17bb002b..41884582 100644
--- a/placement/tests/functional/gabbits/allocations-bug-1778743.yaml
+++ b/placement/tests/functional/gabbits/allocations-bug-1778743.yaml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ tests:
 - name: post multiple allocations
   desc: this should 409 because we're allocating 3 VCPU!
   POST: /allocations
+  verbose: true
   data:
       a6ace019-f230-4dcc-8a76-36d27b9c2257:
           allocations:
diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 562eb161..fcb7ad79 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ fixtures>=3.0.0 # Apache-2.0/BSD
 # psycopg2 and PYMySQL. You can workaround them using sys_platform qualifier.
 # See the https://review.opendev.org/#/c/671249/ for details. However, we
 # don't use it here to keep the consistency with global requirements.
-psycopg2>=2.8 # LGPL/ZPL
+psycopg2-binary>=2.8 # LGPL/ZPL
 PyMySQL>=0.8.0 # MIT License
 oslotest>=3.5.0 # Apache-2.0
 stestr>=1.0.0 # Apache-2.0
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 5cceacb4..17fe98a8 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ deps = -r{toxinidir}/test-requirements.txt
 commands =
   stestr run {posargs}
 passenv =
+  OS_LOG_CAPTURE
   OS_DEBUG
   GENERATE_HASHES
 # there is also secret magic in subunit-trace which lets you run in a fail only