diff --git a/app/src/main/scala/hstream/server/KafkaBroker.scala b/app/src/main/scala/hstream/server/KafkaBroker.scala
index 6dbf699..22dc4ba 100644
--- a/app/src/main/scala/hstream/server/KafkaBroker.scala
+++ b/app/src/main/scala/hstream/server/KafkaBroker.scala
@@ -237,6 +237,8 @@ class KafkaBroker(
               s"""docker run -d --network host --name $metaServerContainerName -v $storeConfig:$storeConfig:ro
                 $image hstream-meta-server --host 127.0.0.1 --port $metaServerPort
                 --backend $storeConfig
+                --log-level trace
+                --log-flush-immediately
             """.stripMargin.linesIterator.mkString(" ").trim
             info(s"=> Start meta server by: $metaServerCmd")
             Utils.runCommand(metaServerCmd)
@@ -317,6 +319,9 @@ class KafkaBroker(
           s"docker run --rm --network host zookeeper:3.6 zkCli.sh -server 127.0.0.1:$metastorePort deleteall /hstream".!
           // === spec 2: hornbill
         } else if (spec == 2) {
+          // Dump meta server logs
+          info("=> dump meta server logs...")
+          dumpMetaContainerLogs()
           // Remove meta server container
           val metaServerContainerName = config.testingConfig
             .getOrElse(
@@ -370,7 +375,9 @@ class KafkaBroker(
     val containerLogsDir = config.testingConfig
       .getOrElse("container_logs_dir", throw new IllegalArgumentException("container.logs_dir is required"))
       .asInstanceOf[Path]
-    Files.createDirectories(containerLogsDir)
+    if (!Files.exists(containerLogsDir)) {
+      Files.createDirectories(containerLogsDir)
+    }
 
     // FIXME: use "docker logs" may cause incomplete logs (? need to investigate)
     //
@@ -406,4 +413,45 @@ class KafkaBroker(
     }
   }
 
+  private def dumpMetaContainerLogs() = {
+    val metaServerContainerName = config.testingConfig
+            .getOrElse(
+              "metaserver_container_name",
+              throw new IllegalArgumentException("metaserver_container_name is required")
+            )
+            .asInstanceOf[String]
+    val containerLogsDir = config.testingConfig
+      .getOrElse("container_logs_dir", throw new IllegalArgumentException("container.logs_dir is required"))
+      .asInstanceOf[Path]
+    if (!Files.exists(containerLogsDir)) {
+      Files.createDirectories(containerLogsDir)
+    }
+    val fileName = Paths.get(s"$containerLogsDir/$metaServerContainerName.log")
+    if (!Files.exists(fileName)) {
+      Files.createFile(fileName)
+    }
+    val writer = Files.newBufferedWriter(fileName, StandardOpenOption.APPEND)
+    val processLogger = ProcessLogger(
+      stdout => writer.write(stdout + "\n"),
+      stderr => writer.write(stderr + "\n")
+    )
+    try {
+      val cmd = Seq("docker", "logs", metaServerContainerName)
+      val code = Process(cmd).!(processLogger)
+      if (code != 0) {
+        error(s"Failed to dump logs to $fileName, exit code: $code")
+      } else {
+        // add a separator line to separate logs from different runs
+        writer.write("\n=================================================\n\n")
+        info(s"Dump logs to $fileName")
+      }
+    } catch {
+      case e: Exception =>
+        error(s"Failed to dump logs to $fileName, error: $e")
+    } finally {
+      writer.flush()
+      writer.close()
+    }
+  }
+
 }