diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 3ec61e3..c3e62ee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   "type": "module",
   "scripts": {
     "deploy": "wrangler deploy",
-    "dev": "wrangler dev --var BASE_URL:http://localhost:8787"
+    "dev": "wrangler dev --var BASE_URL:http://localhost:8787 --port 8787"
   },
   "author": "SharzyL <me@sharzy.in>",
   "license": "MIT",
diff --git a/test/integration.test.js b/test/integration.test.js
index 6885ff1..2065797 100644
--- a/test/integration.test.js
+++ b/test/integration.test.js
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+// it is working-in-progress and not ready to be used
+
 import fs from "fs"
 import path from "path"
 import assert from "assert"
diff --git a/test/test.env b/test/test.env
deleted file mode 100644
index d853e0b..0000000
--- a/test/test.env
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-SALT=aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
-BASE_URL=http://localhost:8787/
diff --git a/test/test.sh b/test/test.sh
index 721e991..f42c0a1 100755
--- a/test/test.sh
+++ b/test/test.sh
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@ localaddr="http://localhost:8787"
 tmp_file=$(mktemp)
 trap 'rm "$tmp_file"' EXIT
 
-die() {
-    echo "$@" >&2
-    exit 1
-}
-
 # declare colors
 C_RESET='\x1b[0m'
 C_RED='\x1b[0;37;31m'
 C_GREEN='\x1b[0;37;32m'
 
+die() {
+    printf "${C_RED}%s${C_RESET}\n" "$@" >&2
+    exit 1
+}
+
 err() {
    printf "${C_RED}%s${C_RESET}\n" "$@"
 }
@@ -286,6 +286,8 @@ _test_suggest() {
   it 'should suggest .jpg url' grep -q '"suggestUrl": .*\.jpg' "$tmp_file"
 }
 
+pgrep -f workerd > /dev/null || die "no workerd is running, please start one instance with ‘yarn dev’"
+
 if [ $# -gt 0 ]; then
     test_chapters "$@"
 else
diff --git a/wrangler.toml b/wrangler.toml
index 4d73529..c9a2e5a 100644
--- a/wrangler.toml
+++ b/wrangler.toml
@@ -37,5 +37,3 @@ TOS_MAINTAINER = "Sharzy"
 # the email displayed in TOS
 TOS_MAIL = "pb@shz.al"
 
-[vars.BASIC_AUTH]
-user1 = "passwd1"