diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5fd87e4a..ba28640d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -39,6 +39,11 @@ Once installed, `poetry install` installs dependencies into a local virtual envi
 
 If you followed the instructions for `CKAN load testing` and `Harvester testing` you can simply run `poetry run pytest` to run all tests.
 
+### Integration testing
+- to run integration tests locally add the following env variables to your .env file in addition to their appropriate values
+  - CF_SERVICE_USER = "put username here"
+  - CF_SERVICE_AUTH = "put password here"
+
 ## Comparison
 
 - `./tests/harvest_sources/ckan_datasets_resp.json`
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 79b69b17..5e7b6d29 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "datagov-harvesting-logic"
-version = "0.3.6"
+version = "0.3.7"
 description = ""
 # authors = [
 #     {name = "Jin Sun", email = "jin.sun@gsa.gov"},
diff --git a/tests/integration/cf/test_cf_tasks_int.py b/tests/integration/cf/test_cf_tasks_int.py
index 10bd437e..27670c42 100644
--- a/tests/integration/cf/test_cf_tasks_int.py
+++ b/tests/integration/cf/test_cf_tasks_int.py
@@ -1,28 +1,25 @@
-class TestCFTasking:
-    def test_add_task(self, cf_handler, dhl_cf_task_data):
+from time import sleep
+
 
-        assert cf_handler.start_task(**dhl_cf_task_data) is not None
+class TestCFTasking:
+    def test_crud_task(self, cf_handler, dhl_cf_task_data):
 
-    def test_get_task(self, cf_handler, dhl_cf_task_data):
+        # start a new task
+        new_task = cf_handler.start_task(**dhl_cf_task_data)
+        sleep(2)
+        # retrieve that task via task guid
+        task = cf_handler.get_task(new_task["guid"])
 
-        task = cf_handler.get_task(
-            dhl_cf_task_data["app_guuid"], dhl_cf_task_data["task_id"]
+        # read the recent logs of the task
+        logs = cf_handler.read_recent_app_logs(
+            dhl_cf_task_data["app_guuid"], task["guid"]
         )
-        assert task is not None
+        assert logs is not None
+
+        # cancel the task
+        cancelled_task = cf_handler.stop_task(task["guid"])
+        assert cancelled_task is not None
 
     def test_get_all_app_tasks(self, cf_handler, dhl_cf_task_data):
         tasks = cf_handler.get_all_app_tasks(dhl_cf_task_data["app_guuid"])
         assert tasks is not None
-
-    def test_cancel_task(self, cf_handler, dhl_cf_task_data):
-
-        task = cf_handler.stop_task(dhl_cf_task_data["task_id"])
-        assert task is not None
-
-    def test_read_recent_task_logs(self, cf_handler, dhl_cf_task_data):
-
-        logs = cf_handler.read_recent_app_logs(
-            dhl_cf_task_data["app_guuid"], dhl_cf_task_data["task_id"]
-        )
-
-        assert logs is not None