diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 6947a0f00..6b9b1594b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Unit Tests
         if: ${{ matrix.flavor == 'dev'}}
-        run: npm run test
+        run: npm run test:ci
         working-directory: ${{ matrix.node }}/${{ matrix.flavor }}/backend
 
       - name: Build
diff --git a/backend/package.json b/backend/package.json
index d1cdce286..500cbf93c 100644
--- a/backend/package.json
+++ b/backend/package.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     "reindex-updated-pools": "npm run start-production --update-pools",
     "reindex-all-blocks": "npm run start-production --update-pools --reindex-blocks",
     "test": "./node_modules/.bin/jest --coverage",
+    "test:ci": "CI=true ./node_modules/.bin/jest --coverage",
     "lint": "./node_modules/.bin/eslint . --ext .ts",
     "lint:fix": "./node_modules/.bin/eslint . --ext .ts --fix",
     "prettier": "./node_modules/.bin/prettier --write \"src/**/*.{js,ts}\"",
diff --git a/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts b/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts
index 655898917..2370fe7a1 100644
--- a/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts
+++ b/backend/src/__tests__/config.test.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,9 @@ describe('Mempool Backend Config', () => {
         for (const [key, value] of Object.entries(jsonObj)) {
           // We have a few cases where we can't follow the pattern
           if (root === 'MEMPOOL' && key === 'HTTP_PORT') {
-            console.log('skipping check for MEMPOOL_HTTP_PORT');
+            if (process.env.CI) {
+              console.log('skipping check for MEMPOOL_HTTP_PORT');
+            }
             continue;
           }
           switch (typeof value) {
@@ -208,13 +210,17 @@ describe('Mempool Backend Config', () => {
               //The string used as the default value, to be checked as a regex, i.e, __MEMPOOL_ENABLED__=${MEMPOOL_ENABLED:=(.*)}
               const defaultEntry = replaceStr + '=' + '\\${' + envVarStr + ':=(.*)' + '}';
 
-              console.log(`looking for ${defaultEntry} in the start.sh script`);
+              if (process.env.CI) {
+                console.log(`looking for ${defaultEntry} in the start.sh script`);
+              }
               const re = new RegExp(defaultEntry);
               expect(startSh).toMatch(re);
 
               //The string that actually replaces the values in the config file
               const sedStr = 'sed -i "s!' + replaceStr + '!${' + replaceStr + '}!g" mempool-config.json';
-              console.log(`looking for ${sedStr} in the start.sh script`);
+              if (process.env.CI) {
+                console.log(`looking for ${sedStr} in the start.sh script`);
+              }
               expect(startSh).toContain(sedStr);
               break;
             }