diff --git a/integration-tests/pkg/collector/collector_docker.go b/integration-tests/pkg/collector/collector_docker.go
index 3c961c1361..8e0e558235 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pkg/collector/collector_docker.go
+++ b/integration-tests/pkg/collector/collector_docker.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package collector
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
 	"golang.org/x/exp/maps"
@@ -89,20 +90,26 @@ func (c *DockerCollectorManager) Launch() error {
 func (c *DockerCollectorManager) TearDown() error {
 	isRunning, err := c.IsRunning()
 	if err != nil {
-		return log.Error("Unable to check if container is running: %s", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Unable to check if container is running: %s", err)
 	}
 
 	if !isRunning {
-		c.captureLogs("collector")
+		logs, logsErr := c.captureLogs("collector")
+		logsEnd := logs
+		if logsErr == nil {
+			logsSplit := strings.Split(logs, "\n")
+			logsEnd = strings.Join(logsSplit[max(0, len(logsSplit)-24):], "\n")
+			logsEnd = fmt.Sprintf("\ncollector logs:\n%s\n", logsEnd)
+		}
 		// Check if collector container segfaulted or exited with error
 		exitCode, err := c.executor.ExitCode(executor.ContainerFilter{
 			Name: "collector",
 		})
 		if err != nil {
-			return log.Error("Failed to get container exit code: %s", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("Failed to get container exit code%s: %w", logsEnd, err)
 		}
 		if exitCode != 0 {
-			return log.Error("Collector container has non-zero exit code (%d)", exitCode)
+			return fmt.Errorf("Collector container has non-zero exit code (%d)%s", exitCode, logsEnd)
 		}
 	} else {
 		c.stopContainer("collector")
diff --git a/integration-tests/suites/base.go b/integration-tests/suites/base.go
index a40037e111..e81a2a2da7 100644
--- a/integration-tests/suites/base.go
+++ b/integration-tests/suites/base.go
@@ -91,16 +91,7 @@ func (s *IntegrationTestSuiteBase) StartCollector(disableGRPC bool, options *col
 		_, err := s.waitForContainerToBecomeHealthy(
 			"collector",
 			s.Collector().ContainerID(),
-			defaultWaitTickSeconds, 5*time.Minute)
-		if err != nil {
-			// try to grab logs
-			logs, logsErr := s.containerLogs(s.Collector().ContainerID())
-			logsEnd := logs
-			if logsErr == nil {
-				logsEnd = strings.Join(strings.Split(logs, "\n")[max(0, len(strings.Split(logs, "\n"))-8):], "\n")
-			}
-			err = fmt.Errorf("%s\n: %w", logsEnd, err)
-		}
+			defaultWaitTickSeconds, 1*time.Minute)
 		s.Require().NoError(err)
 	} else {
 		log.Error("No HealthCheck found, do not wait for collector to become healthy")