diff --git a/testing/run_integration_test.sh b/testing/run_integration_test.sh
index 70fec8cb3bf5ed699287921b3f3c336b4cd70162..a0263de9c18c3c6f659c9f0d2fba44957725d235 100755
--- a/testing/run_integration_test.sh
+++ b/testing/run_integration_test.sh
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ kubectl exec deployment/my-helm-release-ingestor -- ls /var/ingestor/fail > fail
 # client testing
 kubectl port-forward svc/my-helm-release-client 80:80 &
 
+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
 kubectl logs $(kubectl get po -l app.kubernetes.io/name=ingestor -o name | cut -d'/' -f2) > ingestor_log.txt