diff --git a/testing/run_integration_test.sh b/testing/run_integration_test.sh
index 6110f7ef1235ad0d1b9d003955fcf8a99cdee0d5..93c0eb0e9f6844db200db3d98b15e3f2fb39fbca 100755
--- a/testing/run_integration_test.sh
+++ b/testing/run_integration_test.sh
@@ -52,8 +52,9 @@ kubectl exec deployment/my-helm-release-ingestor -- ls /var/ingestor/success > s
 kubectl exec deployment/my-helm-release-ingestor -- ls /var/ingestor/fail > failure_list.csv
 
 # client testing
-kubectl port-forward svc/my-helm-release-client 80:80
-wget http://localhost:80
+
+# KUBECTL_PORT_FORWARD_PID=$!
+ wget 127.0.0.1:80
 
 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