diff --git a/testing/run_integration_test.sh b/testing/run_integration_test.sh
index a0263de9c18c3c6f659c9f0d2fba44957725d235..9c9958c1aa19982b5d84cb3b2c29dec9cdd9e303 100755
--- a/testing/run_integration_test.sh
+++ b/testing/run_integration_test.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ 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 port-forward svc/my-helm-release-database 5432:5432 &
+kubectl port-forward svc/my-helm-release-client 80:80 &
 KUBECTL_PORT_FORWARD_PID=$!
 
 pytest test_preprocessor.py test_registrar.py
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ 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 127.0.0.1:80