diff --git a/test/blackbox/ci.sh b/test/blackbox/ci.sh
index 1cf532d7..832c4e1d 100755
--- a/test/blackbox/ci.sh
+++ b/test/blackbox/ci.sh
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ ${SCRIPTPATH}/setup_images.sh
 tests=("pushpull" "pushpull_authn" "delete_images" "referrers" "metadata" "anonymous_policy"
       "annotations" "detect_manifest_collision" "cve" "sync" "sync_docker" "sync_replica_cluster"
       "scrub" "garbage_collect" "metrics" "metrics_minimal" "multiarch_index" "docker_compat" "redis_local" "redis_session_store"
-      "events_nats" "events_http" "events_nats_lint_failure" "events_http_lint_failure" "events_sink_failure" "events_config_decoding")
+      "events_nats" "events_http" "events_nats_lint_failure" "events_http_lint_failure" "events_sink_failure" "events_config_decoding"
+      "fips140")
 
 for test in ${tests[*]}; do
     ${BATS} ${BATS_FLAGS} ${SCRIPTPATH}/${test}.bats > ${test}.log & pids+=($!)
diff --git a/test/blackbox/fips140.bats b/test/blackbox/fips140.bats
index 88400180..7adfc152 100644
--- a/test/blackbox/fips140.bats
+++ b/test/blackbox/fips140.bats
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@ function setup_file() {
     # Setup zot server
     local zot_root_dir=${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}/zot
     local zot_config_file=${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}/zot_config.json
+    ZOT_LOG_FILE=${zot_root_dir}/zot-log.json
     local oci_data_dir=${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}/oci
     mkdir -p ${zot_root_dir}
     mkdir -p ${oci_data_dir}
     zot_port=$(get_free_port_for_service "zot")
     echo ${zot_port} > ${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}/zot.port
+    touch ${ZOT_LOG_FILE}
     cat > ${zot_config_file}<<EOF
 {
     "distSpecVersion": "1.1.1",
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ function setup_file() {
     },
     "log": {
         "level": "debug",
-        "output": "${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}/zot.log"
+        "output": "${ZOT_LOG_FILE}"
     }
 }
 EOF
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ EOF
 
 function teardown() {
     # conditionally printing on failure is possible from teardown but not from from teardown_file
-    cat ${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}/zot.log
+    cat ${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}/zot/zot-log.json
 }
 
 function teardown_file() {
diff --git a/test/blackbox/helpers_scrub.bash b/test/blackbox/helpers_scrub.bash
index d99af746..fc838392 100644
--- a/test/blackbox/helpers_scrub.bash
+++ b/test/blackbox/helpers_scrub.bash
@@ -14,11 +14,6 @@ function delete_blob() {
     ls -al ${zot_test_files}/blobs/sha256/
 }
 
-function log_output() {
-    local zot_log_file=${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}/zot/zot-log.json
-    cat ${zot_log_file} | jq ' .["message"] '
-}
-
 function affected() {
     log_output | jq 'contains("blobs/manifest affected")?' | grep true
 }
diff --git a/test/blackbox/helpers_zot.bash b/test/blackbox/helpers_zot.bash
index 3ac2f870..626c8d6e 100644
--- a/test/blackbox/helpers_zot.bash
+++ b/test/blackbox/helpers_zot.bash
@@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ function zb_run() {
     local zot_address=${1}
     ${ZB_PATH} -c 10 -n 30 -o stdout ${zot_address} --skip-cleanup
 }
+
+function log_output() {
+    local zot_log_file=${BATS_FILE_TMPDIR}/zot/zot-log.json
+    cat ${zot_log_file} | jq ' .["message"] '
+}
diff --git a/test/ports.json b/test/ports.json
index f9140e6a..bfa52769 100644
--- a/test/ports.json
+++ b/test/ports.json
@@ -402,5 +402,11 @@
       "begin": 11420,
       "end": 11429
     }
+  },
+  "blackbox/fips140.bats": {
+    "zot": {
+      "begin": 11430,
+      "end": 11439
+    }
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}