diff --git a/frontend/tests/helpers/postgres-fixture.ts b/frontend/tests/helpers/postgres-fixture.ts
index ac7fe505..b696e6bd 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/helpers/postgres-fixture.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/helpers/postgres-fixture.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,16 @@ export function startPostgresFixture(): PostgresFixture {
     );
   } catch (error) {
     try {
+      try {
+        // The teardown below deletes the only account of why the server refused to start.
+        execFileSync(
+          "docker",
+          [...composeArguments, "logs", "--no-color", "--tail", "80", "postgres"],
+          { env: environment, stdio: "inherit" },
+        );
+      } catch {
+        // Preserve the original startup failure.
+      }
       try {
         execFileSync(
           "docker",