diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index b0c69cc96..6fff23779 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ env:
     - DB=POSTGRES_10_4
 
 install: skip
+# include SONAR_PROJECT_KEY as a second parameter if this is not a pull request
 script: ci/test.sh "$DB" "$([ "false" = "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" ] && echo "$SONAR_PROJECT_KEY")"
 before_cache: rm -rf "$HOME/.m2/repository/pro/taskana"
 
diff --git a/ci/compile.sh b/ci/compile.sh
index 5c914fdf9..b89df6658 100755
--- a/ci/compile.sh
+++ b/ci/compile.sh
@@ -37,12 +37,12 @@ function main() {
     ;;
   REST)
     set -x
-    mvn -q install -B -f $REL/.. -pl :taskana-spring -am -DskipTests -Dcheckstyle.skip -Dmaven.javadoc.skip
+    mvn -q install -B -f $REL/.. -pl :taskana-spring -am -Dasciidoctor.skip -DskipTests -Dcheckstyle.skip -Dmaven.javadoc.skip
     mvn -q test-compile -B -f $REL/../rest
     ;;
   HISTORY)
     set -x
-    mvn -q install -B -f $REL/.. -pl :taskana-rest-spring -am -DskipTests -Dcheckstyle.skip -Dmaven.javadoc.skip
+    mvn -q install -B -f $REL/.. -pl :taskana-rest-spring -am -Dasciidoctor.skip -DskipTests -Dcheckstyle.skip -Dmaven.javadoc.skip
     mvn -q test-compile -B -f $REL/../history
     ;;
   esac
diff --git a/ci/test.sh b/ci/test.sh
index d8e884e0a..2a54a69be 100755
--- a/ci/test.sh
+++ b/ci/test.sh
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ function main() {
     set -x
     eval "$REL/prepare_db.sh '$1'"
     # We can not use the fance '-f' maven option due to a bug in arquillian. See https://issues.jboss.org/browse/THORN-2049
-    (cd $REL/.. && mvn -q install -B -T 4C -am -Pcoverage -Dmaven.javadoc.skip -Dcheckstyle.skip)
-    
+    (cd $REL/.. && mvn -q install -B -T 4C -am -Pcoverage -Dcheckstyle.skip)
+    eval "$REL/verify_docs_jar.sh"
     # disabling sonarqube for PRs because it's not supported yet. See https://jira.sonarsource.com/browse/MMF-1371
     if [ -n "$2" ]; then
       #-Pcoverage to activate jacoco and test coverage reports
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function main() {
     set -x
     eval "$REL/prepare_db.sh '$1'"
     ### INSTALL ###
-    mvn -q install -B -f $REL/.. -P postgres -am -T 4C -pl :taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip -Dcheckstyle.skip
+    mvn -q install -B -f $REL/.. -P postgres -am -T 4C -pl :taskana-rest-spring-example-wildfly -Dasciidoctor.skip -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip -Dcheckstyle.skip
 
     ### TEST ###
     mvn -q verify -B -f $REL/.. -Dmaven.javadoc.skip -Dcheckstyle.skip -pl :taskana-core
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ function main() {
   HISTORY)
     set -x
     ### INSTALL ###
-    mvn -q install -B -f $REL/.. -am -T 4C -pl :taskana-rest-spring -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip -Dcheckstyle.skip
+    mvn -q install -B -f $REL/.. -am -T 4C -pl :taskana-rest-spring -Dasciidoctor.skip -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip -Dcheckstyle.skip
 
     ### TEST ###
     mvn -q verify -B -f $REL/../history -Dmaven.javadoc.skip -Dcheckstyle.skip
diff --git a/ci/verify_docs_jar.sh b/ci/verify_docs_jar.sh
index 84a79547c..97cfbe3ed 100755
--- a/ci/verify_docs_jar.sh
+++ b/ci/verify_docs_jar.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e #fail fast
 
+#check that first dir has same amount of files as second dir
 function verifyDocs() {
   test -d "$1"
   test $(find "$1" | wc -l) -eq $(grep "$2" <<<"$JAR_CONTENT" | wc -l)
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 959092420..310832ff0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -303,6 +303,11 @@
 				<version>${version.maven.surefire}</version>
 				<configuration>
 					<argLine>${argLine}</argLine>
+					<!-- Required for generation of REST documentation -->
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/*Test.java</include>
+						<include>**/*Documentation.java</include>
+					</includes>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
 			<plugin>
diff --git a/rest/taskana-rest-spring/pom.xml b/rest/taskana-rest-spring/pom.xml
index a9a492ebe..8dc9f1325 100644
--- a/rest/taskana-rest-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/rest/taskana-rest-spring/pom.xml
@@ -180,6 +180,12 @@
 								<snippets>${basedir}/target/generated-snippets</snippets>
 								<docinfo>shared</docinfo>
 							</attributes>
+							<logHandler>
+								<outputToConsole>false</outputToConsole>
+								<failIf>
+									<severity>ERROR</severity>
+								</failIf>
+							</logHandler>
 						</configuration>
 					</execution>
 				</executions>