diff --git a/.woodpecker.yml b/.woodpecker.yml
index de874ae5d..050b66620 100644
--- a/.woodpecker.yml
+++ b/.woodpecker.yml
@@ -152,7 +152,6 @@ steps:
     environment:
       CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
     commands:
-      # when adding new clippy lints, make sure to also add them in scripts/lint.sh
       - rustup component add clippy
       - cargo clippy --workspace --tests --all-targets --features console -- -D warnings
     when: *slow_check_paths
@@ -190,6 +189,15 @@ steps:
       - yarn api-test
     when: *slow_check_paths
 
+  federation_tests_server_output:
+    image: alpine:3
+    commands:
+      # `|| true` prevents this step from appearing to fail if the server output files don't exist
+      - cat target/log/lemmy_*.out || true
+      - "# If you can't see all output, then use the download button"
+    when:
+      status: [failure]
+
   publish_release_docker:
     image: woodpeckerci/plugin-docker-buildx
     secrets: [docker_username, docker_password]
diff --git a/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh b/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
index 4710168d9..067b26133 100755
--- a/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
+++ b/api_tests/prepare-drone-federation-test.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
 #   it is expected that this script is called by run-federation-test.sh script.
 set -e
 
+if [ -n "$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL" ];
+then
+  LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL=warn
+fi
+
 export RUST_BACKTRACE=1
-export RUST_LOG="warn,lemmy_server=debug,lemmy_federate=debug,lemmy_api=debug,lemmy_api_common=debug,lemmy_api_crud=debug,lemmy_apub=debug,lemmy_db_schema=debug,lemmy_db_views=debug,lemmy_db_views_actor=debug,lemmy_db_views_moderator=debug,lemmy_routes=debug,lemmy_utils=debug,lemmy_websocket=debug"
+export RUST_LOG="warn,lemmy_server=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_federate=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_api=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_api_common=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_api_crud=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_apub=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_db_schema=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_db_views=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_db_views_actor=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_db_views_moderator=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_routes=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_utils=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL,lemmy_websocket=$LEMMY_LOG_LEVEL"
 
 export LEMMY_TEST_FAST_FEDERATION=1 # by default, the persistent federation queue has delays in the scale of 30s-5min
 
@@ -46,32 +51,35 @@ fi
 
 echo "$PWD"
 
+LOG_DIR=target/log
+mkdir -p $LOG_DIR
+
 echo "start alpha"
 LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION=./docker/federation/lemmy_alpha.hjson \
   LEMMY_DATABASE_URL="${LEMMY_DATABASE_URL}/lemmy_alpha" \
-  target/lemmy_server >/tmp/lemmy_alpha.out 2>&1 &
+  target/lemmy_server >$LOG_DIR/lemmy_alpha.out 2>&1 &
 
 echo "start beta"
 LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION=./docker/federation/lemmy_beta.hjson \
   LEMMY_DATABASE_URL="${LEMMY_DATABASE_URL}/lemmy_beta" \
-  target/lemmy_server >/tmp/lemmy_beta.out 2>&1 &
+  target/lemmy_server >$LOG_DIR/lemmy_beta.out 2>&1 &
 
 echo "start gamma"
 LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION=./docker/federation/lemmy_gamma.hjson \
   LEMMY_DATABASE_URL="${LEMMY_DATABASE_URL}/lemmy_gamma" \
-  target/lemmy_server >/tmp/lemmy_gamma.out 2>&1 &
+  target/lemmy_server >$LOG_DIR/lemmy_gamma.out 2>&1 &
 
 echo "start delta"
 # An instance with only an allowlist for beta
 LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION=./docker/federation/lemmy_delta.hjson \
   LEMMY_DATABASE_URL="${LEMMY_DATABASE_URL}/lemmy_delta" \
-  target/lemmy_server >/tmp/lemmy_delta.out 2>&1 &
+  target/lemmy_server >$LOG_DIR/lemmy_delta.out 2>&1 &
 
 echo "start epsilon"
 # An instance who has a blocklist, with lemmy-alpha blocked
 LEMMY_CONFIG_LOCATION=./docker/federation/lemmy_epsilon.hjson \
   LEMMY_DATABASE_URL="${LEMMY_DATABASE_URL}/lemmy_epsilon" \
-  target/lemmy_server >/tmp/lemmy_epsilon.out 2>&1 &
+  target/lemmy_server >$LOG_DIR/lemmy_epsilon.out 2>&1 &
 
 echo "wait for all instances to start"
 while [[ "$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' 'lemmy-alpha:8541/api/v3/site')" != "200" ]]; do sleep 1; done
diff --git a/docker/lemmy.hjson b/docker/lemmy.hjson
index 1446d3bb2..83adf9c0c 100644
--- a/docker/lemmy.hjson
+++ b/docker/lemmy.hjson
@@ -21,8 +21,7 @@
   pictrs: {
     url: "http://pictrs:8080/"
     # api_key: "API_KEY"
-    image_proxy: true
-    cache_external_link_previews: true
+    image_mode: None
   }
 
   #opentelemetry_url: "http://otel:4137"