diff --git a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
index 13b51e2c..ab06316e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download_pipeline.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,17 @@ jobs:
       REPO_LOWERCASE: ${{ steps.get_repo_properties.outputs.REPO_LOWERCASE }}
       REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE: ${{ steps.get_repo_properties.outputs.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }}
       REPO_BRANCH: ${{ steps.get_repo_properties.outputs.REPO_BRANCH }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Get the repository name and current branch
+        id: get_repo_properties
+        run: |
+          echo "REPO_LOWERCASE=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE=$(basename ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,})" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "REPO_BRANCH=${{ github.event.inputs.testbranch || 'dev' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  download:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: configure
     steps:
       - name: Install Nextflow
         uses: nf-core/setup-nextflow@v2
@@ -56,21 +67,10 @@ jobs:
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
           pip install git+https://github.com/nf-core/tools.git@dev
 
-      - name: Get the repository name and current branch set as environment variable
-        id: get_repo_properties
-        run: |
-          echo "REPO_LOWERCASE=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE=$(basename ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,})" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "REPO_BRANCH=${{ github.event.inputs.testbranch || 'dev' }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
       - name: Make a cache directory for the container images
         run: |
           mkdir -p ./singularity_container_images
 
-  download:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: configure
-    steps:
       - name: Download the pipeline
         env:
           NXF_SINGULARITY_CACHEDIR: ./singularity_container_images
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Inspect download
         run: tree ./${{ needs.configure.outputs.REPOTITLE_LOWERCASE }}
 
+      - name: Inspect container images
+        run: tree ./singularity_container_images | tee ./container_initial
+
       - name: Count the downloaded number of container images
         id: count_initial
         run: |
@@ -123,7 +126,8 @@ jobs:
             final_count=${{ steps.count_afterwards.outputs.IMAGE_COUNT_AFTER }}
             difference=$((final_count - initial_count))
             echo "$difference additional container images were \n downloaded at runtime . The pipeline has no support for offline runs!"
-            tree ./singularity_container_images
+            tree ./singularity_container_images > ./container_afterwards
+            diff ./container_initial ./container_afterwards
             exit 1
           else
             echo "The pipeline can be downloaded successfully!"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce4f6e9b..a84aa7fa 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### `Fixed`
 
+- Download tests [#667](https://github.com/nf-core/raredisease/pull/667)
 - Restrict deepvariant analysis of WES samples to bait regions [#633](https://github.com/nf-core/raredisease/pull/633), [#658](https://github.com/nf-core/raredisease/pull/658)
 - bcftools annotate declaration in annotate CADD subworkflow [#624](https://github.com/nf-core/raredisease/pull/624)
 - Rhocallviz subworkflow will only be invocated once per sample [#621](https://github.com/nf-core/raredisease/pull/621)