diff --git a/lib/index.js b/lib/index.js
index 829f54d..48108b4 100644
--- a/lib/index.js
+++ b/lib/index.js
@@ -55,20 +55,12 @@ class MonocartReporter {
         this.tickTime = this.options.tickTime || 1000;
         this.tickStart();
 
-        this.trends = [];
-        this.initTrendsAndDir();
-
-        const stateOptions = this.options.state;
-        if (stateOptions) {
-            this.bindFunctions(stateOptions);
-            this.stateServer = createStateServer(stateOptions);
-        }
+        this.init();
     }
 
-    async initTrendsAndDir() {
+    async init() {
 
-        const cwd = Util.formatPath(process.cwd());
-        this.options.cwd = cwd;
+        this.options.cwd = Util.formatPath(process.cwd());
 
         // read trends from json before clean dir
         this.trends = await getTrends(this.options.trend);
@@ -87,6 +79,12 @@ class MonocartReporter {
         if (this.options.copyAttachments) {
             this.options.attachmentsDir = path.resolve(outputDir, 'attachments');
         }
+
+        const stateOptions = this.options.state;
+        if (stateOptions) {
+            this.bindFunctions(stateOptions);
+            this.stateServer = createStateServer(stateOptions);
+        }
     }
 
     // ==========================================================================
diff --git a/tests/home-page/home-page.spec.js b/tests/home-page/home-page.spec.js
index d3e50fa..4f90d04 100644
--- a/tests/home-page/home-page.spec.js
+++ b/tests/home-page/home-page.spec.js
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ test('secrets and sensitive data', async ({ page }, testInfo) => {
     });
 
     const context = await request.newContext();
-    await context.get(`https://api.npmjs.org/?token=${process.env.TOKEN}`);
+    await context.get(`http://localhost:8090/?token=${process.env.TOKEN}`);
 
 });