diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 4eaf2a1..e6ded80 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ build:
 vespa_setup: vespa_confirm_cli_installed vespa_dev_start vespa_healthy vespa_deploy_schema
 
 test:
+	docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml build
 	docker-compose -f docker-compose.dev.yml run --rm navigator-search-indexer python -m pytest -vvv
 
 dev_install:
diff --git a/tests/conftest.py b/tests/conftest.py
index 4cb5a24..98204bb 100644
--- a/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/conftest.py
@@ -22,12 +22,15 @@
 
 
 FIXTURE_DIR = Path(__file__).parent / "fixtures"
+VESPA_TEST_ENDPOINT = os.getenv("VESPA_INSTANCE_URL", "http://localhost:8080")
 
 
 def pytest_configure(config):
-    if "vespa-app.cloud" in VESPA_INSTANCE_URL:
+    cloud_url_substring = "vespa-app.cloud"
+    if cloud_url_substring in VESPA_INSTANCE_URL or cloud_url_substring in VESPA_TEST_ENDPOINT:
         pytest.exit(
-            f"Vespa instance url looks like a cloud url: {VESPA_INSTANCE_URL} "
+            f"Vespa instance url looks like a cloud url: "
+            "{VESPA_INSTANCE_URL} | {VESPA_TEST_ENDPOINT} "
             "Has something been misconfigured?"
         )
 
@@ -103,8 +106,7 @@ def embeddings_dir_as_path(
 @pytest.fixture
 def test_vespa():
     yield Vespa(
-        url="http://localhost",
-        port=8080
+        url=VESPA_TEST_ENDPOINT
     )
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_integration.py b/tests/test_integration.py
index c18a28e..013fcfa 100644
--- a/tests/test_integration.py
+++ b/tests/test_integration.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from unittest.mock import patch
 from pathlib import Path
 from tempfile import TemporaryDirectory
 import json
@@ -9,7 +10,8 @@
 from vespa.application import Vespa
 
 from cli.index_data import run_as_cli
-from conftest import FIXTURE_DIR
+from conftest import FIXTURE_DIR, VESPA_TEST_ENDPOINT
+from src import config
 from src.index.vespa_ import (
     SEARCH_WEIGHTS_SCHEMA,
     FAMILY_DOCUMENT_SCHEMA,
@@ -54,7 +56,8 @@ def prepare_temp_dir(doc_id: str, incremental_update_dir: str, limit):
 
     return doc_id
 
-
+@patch.object(config, "VESPA_INSTANCE_URL", new=VESPA_TEST_ENDPOINT)
+@patch.object(config, "DEVELOPMENT_MODE", new="true")
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("cleanup_test_vespa_before", "cleanup_test_vespa_after")
 def test_integration(test_vespa):
     """
@@ -62,7 +65,8 @@ def test_integration(test_vespa):
 
         First run: on the fixture dir
         Second run: on a single fixture shortened to test incremental runs with shorter docs
-        Third run: on the single, original document pre shortening
+        Third run: on the same fixture, shortened but less
+        Fourth Run: on the same fixture but at its original state pre shortening
     """
     
     runner = CliRunner()
@@ -80,6 +84,7 @@ def test_integration(test_vespa):
             "vespa",
         ],
     )
+
     assert result.exit_code == 0, (
         f"Exception: {result.exception if result.exception else None}\n"
         f"Stdout: {result.stdout}"