diff --git a/release_procedure.rst b/release_procedure.rst
index c2b895a1..e2fc3a82 100644
--- a/release_procedure.rst
+++ b/release_procedure.rst
@@ -4,33 +4,39 @@ Release procedure
 
 This document describes how to prepare a new BIDScoin release from within the DCCN + from a Linux VM
 
-1. Inspect the git history and update the CHANGELOG (including the links)
-2. Delete the ``.bidscoin`` config folder
-3. Update the version string everywhere (i.e. search without word matching), COPYRIGHT and cli help texts
-4. Add a git version tag
-5. Backport to PyQt5 in a v4.#.#+qt5 branch
-6. Manually run the bidscoin, bidsmapper, bidscoiner, bids-validator and other integration tests
-7. Run tox@DCCN::
+1. Delete the ``.bidscoin`` config folder
+2. Manually run the tox, bidscoin, bidsmapper, bidscoiner, bids-validator and other integration tests
+3. Inspect the git history and update the CHANGELOG (including the links)
+4. Update the version string everywhere (i.e. search without word matching), COPYRIGHT and cli help texts
+5. Add a git version tag
+6. Backport to PyQt5 in a v4.#.#+qt5 branch
+7. Build & test the containers in a Linux VM::
+
+    VERSION="4.3.3"
+    rm -rf ~/.bidscoin/$VERSION
+    cd ~/PycharmProjects/bidscoin
+    sudo apptainer build bidscoin.sif apptainer.def
+    xhost +
+    apptainer exec --cleanenv --env DISPLAY=:0 bidscoin.sif bidscoin -t
+    apptainer exec --cleanenv --env DISPLAY=:0 bidscoin.sif pngappend
+    apptainer cache clean
+
+8. Run tox@DCCN::
 
     VERSION="4.3.3"
     cd ~/python/bidscoin
+    git pull
     git checkout v${VERSION}+qt5
+    git pull
     module load bidscoin/dev
     source activate tox
+    rm -rf ~/.bidscoin/$VERSION
     tox
     conda deactivate
     source activate /opt/bidscoin
     ~/python/bidscoin/bidscoin/bcoin.py -t
 
-8. Push the qt5-branch
-9. Build & test the containers in a Linux VM::
-
-    cd ~/PycharmProjects/bidscoin
-    sudo apptainer build bidscoin.sif apptainer.def
-    xhost +
-    apptainer exec --cleanenv --env DISPLAY=:0 bidscoin.sif bidscoin -t
-    apptainer exec --cleanenv --env DISPLAY=:0 bidscoin.sif pngappend
-    apptainer cache clean
+9. Push the qt5-branch
 
 DCCN deployment
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