diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/config/dataprovider/ConfigDAOJson.java b/src/main/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/config/dataprovider/ConfigDAOJson.java
index 164981ee0..3170a9ba7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/config/dataprovider/ConfigDAOJson.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/config/dataprovider/ConfigDAOJson.java
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ public Config find(Path configPath) {
 
   public static Path buildConfigPath(Path workDir, String configPath) {
     if (runningInTestsAndNoCustomConfigPath()) {
-      return Files.createTempFileDeleteOnExit("dns-proxy-server-junit", ".json");
+      final var file = Files.createTempFileDeleteOnExit("dns-proxy-server-junit", ".json");
+      log.trace("status=runningInTests, usingEmptyFile={}", file);
+      return file;
     }
     if (workDir != null) {
       return workDir
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/server/Starter.java b/src/main/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/server/Starter.java
index c6eedc807..fd7ace968 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/server/Starter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/server/Starter.java
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
 
 import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
-
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import static com.mageddo.dnsproxyserver.quarkus.Quarkus.isTest;
@@ -19,21 +18,36 @@
 @RequiredArgsConstructor(onConstructor = @__({@Inject}))
 public class Starter {
 
+  public static final String DNS_SERVER_MUST_START_FLAG = "mg.server.server.must-start";
   private final ServerStarter dnsServerStarter;
   private final WebServer webServer;
   private final Set<StartupEvent> startupEvents;
 
   public void start() {
-    if(isTest()){
-      log.warn("status=onTest, disabled=[dnsServer, startupEvents]");
+    if (isTest()) {
+      log.warn("status=onTest, disabled=[startupEvents]");
     } else {
       this.startupEvents.forEach(StartupEvent::onStart);
+    }
+    if (shouldStartDnsServer()) {
       this.dnsServerStarter.start();
     }
     this.webServer.start(Configs.getInstance().getWebServerPort());
   }
 
-  public void stop(){
+  private static boolean shouldStartDnsServer() {
+    return !isTest() || isMustStartFlagActive();
+  }
+
+  private static boolean isMustStartFlagActive() {
+    return Boolean.getBoolean(DNS_SERVER_MUST_START_FLAG);
+  }
+
+  public static void setMustStartFlagActive(boolean b) {
+    System.setProperty(DNS_SERVER_MUST_START_FLAG, String.valueOf(b));
+  }
+
+  public void stop() {
     this.dnsServerStarter.stop();
     this.webServer.stop();
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/AppIntTest.java b/src/test/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/AppIntTest.java
index 8d4938895..50b8708bc 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/AppIntTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/mageddo/dnsproxyserver/AppIntTest.java
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@
 
 import com.mageddo.commons.concurrent.Threads;
 import com.mageddo.dns.utils.Messages;
+import com.mageddo.dnsproxyserver.server.Starter;
 import com.mageddo.dnsproxyserver.solver.SimpleResolver;
 import com.mageddo.dnsproxyserver.utils.Ips;
 import com.mageddo.utils.Executors;
 import lombok.SneakyThrows;
 import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.AfterAll;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.io.TempDir;
 import org.xbill.DNS.Message;
@@ -20,6 +23,16 @@
 @Slf4j
 public class AppIntTest {
 
+  @BeforeEach
+  void beforeEach() {
+    Starter.setMustStartFlagActive(true);
+  }
+
+  @AfterAll
+  static void afterAll(){
+    Starter.setMustStartFlagActive(false);
+  }
+
   @Test
   void appMustStartAndQuerySampleWithSuccess(@TempDir Path tempDir) {