diff --git a/testing/run_integration_test.sh b/testing/run_integration_test.sh
index ca523dfea1179608da559d64cfa860275ffdffbf..7b5d650531d183f77a78a02ec12c82922df68214 100755
--- a/testing/run_integration_test.sh
+++ b/testing/run_integration_test.sh
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ kubectl cp default/`kubectl get po -l app.kubernetes.io/name=registrar -o name |
 
 # run tests (i.e. verification of output of above commands)
 
+kubectl get all -n default
 # expose database, renderer and client ports externally
 kubectl port-forward svc/my-helm-release-database 5432:5432 &
-# kubectl port-forward svc/my-helm-release-client 80:80 &
+kubectl port-forward svc/my-helm-release-client 80:80 &
 
 KUBECTL_PORT_FORWARD_PID=$!
 
@@ -66,7 +67,7 @@ wget http://localhost/opensearch/collections/Emergency/
 
 
 # client testing
-docker run --name cypress --network host -v ${PWD}:/mnt/ --rm -t --user 1000:1000 cypress/browsers:node16.14.0-slim-chrome99-ff97 bash -c "cd /mnt && npm ci && npm run e2e"
+# docker run --name cypress --network host -v ${PWD}:/mnt/ --rm -t --user 1000:1000 cypress/browsers:node16.14.0-slim-chrome99-ff97 bash -c "cd /mnt && npm ci && npm run e2e"
 # fetch logs for ingestor tests
 kubectl logs $(kubectl get po -l app.kubernetes.io/name=ingestor -o name | cut -d'/' -f2) > ingestor_log.txt
 # sleep 10  # not sure why we wait here?