diff --git a/testing/run_integration_test.sh b/testing/run_integration_test.sh
index 610dd03df520a1d09c722b573368b857e5f13e3e..6110f7ef1235ad0d1b9d003955fcf8a99cdee0d5 100755
--- a/testing/run_integration_test.sh
+++ b/testing/run_integration_test.sh
@@ -52,7 +52,8 @@ 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
-wget http://docker:80
+kubectl port-forward svc/my-helm-release-client 80:80
+wget http://localhost: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