diff --git a/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/ddt.py b/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/ddt.py
index 1b14941a12..36040d8849 100644
--- a/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/ddt.py
+++ b/cscs-checks/tools/profiling_and_debugging/ddt.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ def __init__(self, lang, extension, **kwargs):
         }
         self.maintainers = ['MK', 'JG']
         self.tags = {'production'}
+        self.post_run = ['ddt -V ; which ddt ;']
         self.ddt_options = []
         self.keep_files = ['ddtreport.txt']
 
@@ -104,7 +105,8 @@ def __init__(self, lang, extension, **kwargs):
         sysname = self.current_system.name
         self.modules += self.system_modules.get(sysname, [])
 
-        if sysname in {'kesch'}:
+        # as long as cuda/9 will not be the default, we will need:
+        if sysname in {'daint', 'kesch'}:
             self.variables = {'ALLINEA_FORCE_CUDA_VERSION': '8.0'}
 
         self.ddt_options = [