diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci_automation_hub_collection.yml b/.github/workflows/ci_automation_hub_collection.yml
index 19d7941a6b..31e10a9a7d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci_automation_hub_collection.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci_automation_hub_collection.yml
@@ -45,14 +45,30 @@ jobs:
           ansible-galaxy collection build -vvv
           ansible-galaxy collection install galaxy-galaxy-1.0.0.tar.gz -vvv
 
-      - name: Spin up a standalone galaxy_ng installation
+      #- name: Spin up a standalone galaxy_ng installation
+      #  run: |
+      #    echo "COMPOSE_PROFILE=standalone" > .compose.env
+      #    echo "DEV_SOURCE_PATH=galaxy_ng" >> .compose.env
+      #    make docker/all
+      #    ./compose up -d
+      #    pip3 install --upgrade requests pyyaml
+      #    python3 dev/common/poll.py
+
+      - name: set env vars
+        run: |
+          echo "OCI_ENV_PATH=${HOME}/work/galaxy_ng/oci_env" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "COMPOSE_INTERACTIVE_NO_CLI=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "OCI_VERBOSE=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GH_DUMP_LOGS=0" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: setup oci-env
         run: |
-          echo "COMPOSE_PROFILE=standalone" > .compose.env
-          echo "DEV_SOURCE_PATH=galaxy_ng" >> .compose.env
-          make docker/all
-          ./compose up -d
-          pip3 install --upgrade requests pyyaml
-          python3 dev/common/poll.py
+          git clone https://github.com/pulp/oci_env.git $OCI_ENV_PATH
+          pip install -e $OCI_ENV_PATH/client/
+          mkdir $OCI_ENV_PATH/db_backup/
+
+      - name: run the standalone stack detached
+        run: OCI_COMPOSE_DETACH=1 make oci/standalone
 
       - name: Test the user playbook
         run: ansible-playbook dev/galaxy_collection_plays/user.yml -vvv
diff --git a/dev/galaxy_collection_plays/vars.yml b/dev/galaxy_collection_plays/vars.yml
index 52727ed057..8b5359f67b 100644
--- a/dev/galaxy_collection_plays/vars.yml
+++ b/dev/galaxy_collection_plays/vars.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-ah_host: http://localhost:5001
+ah_host: http://localhost:55001
 ah_username: iqe_admin
 ah_password: redhat
-ah_path_prefix: automation-hub
+ah_path_prefix: galaxy
 ah_artifact_runner_absolute_path: /home/runner/work/galaxy_ng/galaxy_ng/galaxy_collection/galaxy-galaxy-1.0.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/dev/oci_start b/dev/oci_start
index ed2152e7fd..8340bf2d3e 100755
--- a/dev/oci_start
+++ b/dev/oci_start
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@ echo "USING PROFILE ${profile}"
 OCI_ENV_PATH=$(dirname $(pip show oci-env | egrep ^Location | awk '{print $2}'))
 echo "FOUND OCI_ENV_PATH: ${OCI_ENV_PATH}"
 
+
+if [[ -n $OCI_COMPOSE_DETACH ]]; then
+  DETACH_ARGS="--detach"
+else
+  DETACH_ARGS=""
+fi
+
 export COMPOSE_INTERACTIVE_NO_CLI=1
 env_path=dev/oci_env_integration/oci_env_configs/$profile.compose.env
 oci-env -e ${env_path} compose build --progress=plain
-oci-env -e ${env_path} compose up
+oci-env -e ${env_path} compose up ${DETACH_ARGS}