diff --git a/testing/merge_test.py b/testing/merge_test.py
index fc3e5802a674db7583e4e62444b7245bb0f33568..b7a82b39c4958ea30d4ac9a96e100e3041fe73c0 100644
--- a/testing/merge_test.py
+++ b/testing/merge_test.py
@@ -23,13 +23,15 @@ def do (commandline):
 
 print ("Searching for corresponding MR...")
 
-mrs = gapi(f"merge_requests?source_branch={crCommitBranch}")
+mrs = gapi(f"merge_requests?source_branch={crCommitBranch}&state=opened")
 if len(mrs) == 0:
     print ("No MR found... aborting")
     exit()
 
 if len(mrs) > 1:
     print (f"{len(mrs)} MRs found, 1 expected - aborting")
+    for m in mrs:
+        pprint.pprint(m)
     exit(-1)
 
 mr = mrs[0]