diff --git a/.test/config.json b/.test/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 733029f..0000000
--- a/.test/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "write_tokens": [
-        "fizzle1",
-        "fizzle2",
-        "fizzle3"
-    ],
-    "port": 8123,
-    "object_store_path": "/tmp/temp-test-path",
-    "rate_limiting": {
-        "auth_rate_limit": 5,
-        "auth_window_seconds": 2
-    }
-}
diff --git a/.test-docker/compose.yaml b/testing/compose.yaml
similarity index 80%
rename from .test-docker/compose.yaml
rename to testing/compose.yaml
index 57e2bfb..6a4ec7d 100644
--- a/.test-docker/compose.yaml
+++ b/testing/compose.yaml
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ services:
     image: gitea.jde.nz/public/simple-object-storage:test
     container_name: sos-test
     ports:
-      - 7703:80
+      - 7703:7703
     volumes:
       - ${LOCALCONFIG}:/data/sos_config.json:ro
     environment:
       - SOS_CONFIG=/data/sos_config.json
     restart: no
     healthcheck:
-      test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO-", "http://0.0.0.0/status"]
+      test: ["CMD", "wget", "-qO-", "http://127.0.0.1:7703/status"]
       interval: 1s
       timeout: 1s
       retries: 3
diff --git a/.test-docker/config.json b/testing/config.json
similarity index 87%
rename from .test-docker/config.json
rename to testing/config.json
index 8a2730b..85e7f75 100644
--- a/.test-docker/config.json
+++ b/testing/config.json
@@ -7,5 +7,6 @@
     "rate_limiting": {
         "auth_rate_limit": 5,
         "auth_window_seconds": 2
-    }
+    },
+    "port": 7703
 }
diff --git a/test-docker.sh b/testing/test-docker.sh
similarity index 80%
rename from test-docker.sh
rename to testing/test-docker.sh
index 5ef9762..16f5136 100755
--- a/test-docker.sh
+++ b/testing/test-docker.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
+set -x
 
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)
+MAIN_DIR=$(cd "${SCRIPT_DIR}/.." && pwd)
 
 # FUNCTIONS
 function title() {
@@ -46,34 +48,21 @@ function wait_for_container {
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # build the executable
 title "Building amd64 executable"
-"${SCRIPT_DIR}/build.sh" amd64
+"${MAIN_DIR}/build.sh" amd64
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # build the docker image
 title "Building docker image"
-docker buildx build --no-cache --load -t gitea.jde.nz/public/simple-object-storage:test --platform linux/amd64 "${SCRIPT_DIR}"
+docker buildx build --no-cache --load -t gitea.jde.nz/public/simple-object-storage:test --platform linux/amd64 "${MAIN_DIR}"
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # run the docker container
 title "Running docker container"
-export LOCALCONFIG="${SCRIPT_DIR}/.test-docker/config.json"
-ls -l "$LOCALCONFIG"
+export LOCALCONFIG="${SCRIPT_DIR}/config.json"
+export COMPOSE_FILE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/compose.yaml"
 
-if [ ! -f "${LOCALCONFIG}" ]; then
-    echo "PWD = $(pwd)"
-    echo "SCRIPT_DIR = ${SCRIPT_DIR}"
-    ls -la "${SCRIPT_DIR}"
-    ls -la "${SCRIPT_DIR}/.test-docker"
-    echo "Config file not found: ${LOCALCONFIG}"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-COMPOSE_FILE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/.test-docker/compose.yaml"
-
-if [ ! -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" ]; then
-    echo "Compose file not found: ${COMPOSE_FILE}"
-    exit 1
-fi
+[ -f "${LOCALCONFIG}" ] || die "Config file not found: ${LOCALCONFIG}"
+[ -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" ] || die "Compose file not found: ${COMPOSE_FILE}"
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 title "Running tests"
@@ -82,11 +71,7 @@ title "Running tests"
 docker compose -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" down
 docker compose -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" rm -v
 
-# run the container.
-docker compose -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" up -d 
-
-# wait a bit.
-sleep 1
+LOCALCONFIG=${LOCALCONFIG} docker compose -f "${COMPOSE_FILE}" up -d
 
 # wait until healthy.
 if ! wait_for_container "sos-test"; then
diff --git a/test.sh b/testing/test.sh
similarity index 88%
rename from test.sh
rename to testing/test.sh
index 3d1bf8e..aed6ea7 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/testing/test.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 
 
-HOSTURL="${1:-http://localhost:8123}"
+HOSTURL="${1:-http://127.0.0.1:7703}"
 
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
 fi
 
 # read ~/.config/simple_object_storage/config.json
-CONFIG_PATH="${SCRIPT_DIR}/.test-docker/config.json"
+CONFIG_PATH="${SCRIPT_DIR}/config.json"
 if [ ! -f "${CONFIG_PATH}" ]; then
     echo "config file not found at ${CONFIG_PATH}"
     exit 1
@@ -91,11 +91,13 @@ EOF
 # Test 1: Verify extra metadata fields are preserved
 title "1: Upload script to ${BASE_TAG}:test1"
 
+TEST_FILE="${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}"
+
 # upload this script as an object
-echo "uploading ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} to ${BASE_TAG}:test1"
+echo "uploading ${TEST_FILE} to ${BASE_TAG}:test1"
 UPLOAD_RESPONSE=$(curl -X PUT \
   -H "Authorization: Bearer ${WRITE_TOKEN}" \
-  -F "file=@${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}" \
+  -F "file=@${TEST_FILE}" \
   -F "metadata=${METADATA_JSON}" \
   "${HOSTURL}/upload")
 
@@ -117,30 +119,31 @@ CHECK_HASH=$(curl -s "${CMD}" | jq -r '.hash')
 title "3: Check MD5Sum matches, for both label:tag and hash downloads"
 
 # get md5sum of this file
-MD5SUM=$(md5sum "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}" | awk '{print $1}')
-echo "md5sum of ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} is ${MD5SUM}"
+MD5SUM=$(md5sum "${TEST_FILE}" | awk '{print $1}')
+echo "md5sum of ${TEST_FILE} is ${MD5SUM}"
 
 # download the object
-echo "downloading ${OBJECT_HASH} to ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1"
-if ! curl -s "${HOSTURL}/${OBJECT_HASH}" -o "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1"; then
-    die "failed to download ${OBJECT_HASH}"
+DOWNLOAD_FILE="_${TEST_FILE}.downloaded"
+echo "downloading ${OBJECT_HASH} to ${DOWNLOAD_FILE}1"
+if ! curl -s "${HOSTURL}/${OBJECT_HASH}" -o "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}1"; then
+    die "failed to download ${HOSTURL}/${OBJECT_HASH} to ${DOWNLOAD_FILE}1"
 fi
 
 # download the object again via the label:tag
-echo "downloading ${BASE_TAG}:test1 to ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2"
-if ! curl -s "${HOSTURL}/${BASE_TAG}:test1" -o "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2"; then
+echo "downloading ${BASE_TAG}:test1 to ${DOWNLOAD_FILE}2"
+if ! curl -s "${HOSTURL}/${BASE_TAG}:test1" -o "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}2"; then
     die "failed to download ${BASE_TAG}:test1"
 fi
 
 # get md5sum of the downloaded file
-MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED1=$(md5sum "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1" | awk '{print $1}')
-echo "md5sum of ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1 is ${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED1}"
+MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED1=$(md5sum "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}1" | awk '{print $1}')
+echo "md5sum of ${DOWNLOAD_FILE}1 is ${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED1}"
 [ "${MD5SUM}" != "${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED1}" ] && die "md5sums do not match"
-MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED2=$(md5sum "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2" | awk '{print $1}')
+MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED2=$(md5sum "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}2" | awk '{print $1}')
 [ "${MD5SUM}" != "${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED2}" ] && die "md5sums do not match"
 
-rm "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1"
-rm "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2"
+rm "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}1"
+rm "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}2"
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 LABELTAG="finangle-wrangler:fuzzy_test"
@@ -156,10 +159,10 @@ METADATA_JSON=$(cat <<EOF
 EOF
 )
 # upload this script as an object
-echo "uploading ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} to ${LABELTAG}"
+echo "uploading ${TEST_FILE} to ${LABELTAG}"
 UPLOAD_RESPONSE=$(curl -X PUT \
   -H "Authorization: Bearer ${WRITE_TOKEN}" \
-  -F "file=@${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}" \
+  -F "file=@${TEST_FILE}" \
   -F "metadata=${METADATA_JSON}" \
   "${HOSTURL}/upload")
 
@@ -185,17 +188,17 @@ if ! echo "${METADATA_RESPONSE}" | jq -r '.metadata.custom_field' | grep -q "Upl
 fi
 
 # download via the label:tag
-echo "downloading ${LABELTAG} to ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3"
-if ! curl -s "${HOSTURL}/${LABELTAG}" -o "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3"; then
+echo "downloading ${LABELTAG} to ${DOWNLOAD_FILE}3"
+if ! curl -s "${HOSTURL}/${LABELTAG}" -o "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}3"; then
     die "failed to download ${LABELTAG}"
 fi
 
 # get md5sum of the downloaded file
-MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED3=$(md5sum "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3" | awk '{print $1}')
-echo "md5sum of ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3 is ${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED3}"
+MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED3=$(md5sum "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}3" | awk '{print $1}')
+echo "md5sum of ${DOWNLOAD_FILE}3 is ${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED3}"
 [ "${MD5SUM}" != "${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED3}" ] && die "md5sums do not match"
 
-rm "${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3"
+rm "${DOWNLOAD_FILE}3"
 
 
 
diff --git a/test_1GB_file_upload.sh b/testing/test_1GB_file_upload.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from test_1GB_file_upload.sh
rename to testing/test_1GB_file_upload.sh