diff --git a/test/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts b/test/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts
index 25714efe23..a20db2029a 100644
--- a/test/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts
+++ b/test/cli-json-file-output.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import { exec } from 'child_process';
 import { sep, join } from 'path';
 import { readFileSync, unlinkSync, rmdirSync, mkdirSync, existsSync } from 'fs';
 import { v4 as uuidv4 } from 'uuid';
+import { fakeServer } from './acceptance/fake-server';
+import cli = require('../src/cli/commands');
 
 const osName = require('os-name');
 
@@ -12,18 +14,66 @@ const isWindows =
     .toLowerCase()
     .indexOf('windows') === 0;
 describe('test --json-file-output ', () => {
+  let oldkey;
+  let oldendpoint;
+  const apiKey = '123456789';
+  const port = process.env.PORT || process.env.SNYK_PORT || '12345';
+
+  const BASE_API = '/api/v1';
+  const SNYK_API = 'http://localhost:' + port + BASE_API;
+  const SNYK_HOST = 'http://localhost:' + port;
+
+  const server = fakeServer(BASE_API, apiKey);
+
   const noVulnsProjectPath = join(
     __dirname,
     '/acceptance',
     'workspaces',
     'no-vulns',
   );
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    let key = await cli.config('get', 'api');
+    oldkey = key;
+
+    key = await cli.config('get', 'endpoint');
+    oldendpoint = key;
+
+    await new Promise((resolve) => {
+      server.listen(port, resolve);
+    });
+  });
+
+  afterAll(async () => {
+    delete process.env.SNYK_API;
+    delete process.env.SNYK_HOST;
+    delete process.env.SNYK_PORT;
+
+    await server.close();
+    let key = 'set';
+    let value = 'api=' + oldkey;
+    if (!oldkey) {
+      key = 'unset';
+      value = 'api';
+    }
+    await cli.config(key, value);
+    if (oldendpoint) {
+      await cli.config('endpoint', oldendpoint);
+    }
+  });
   it(
     '`can save JSON output to file while sending human readable output to stdout`',
     (done) => {
       const jsonOutputFilename = `${uuidv4()}.json`;
       exec(
         `node ${main} test ${noVulnsProjectPath} --json-file-output=${jsonOutputFilename}`,
+        {
+          env: {
+            PATH: process.env.PATH,
+            SNYK_TOKEN: apiKey,
+            SNYK_API,
+            SNYK_HOST,
+          },
+        },
         (err, stdout) => {
           if (err) {
             throw err;
@@ -48,6 +98,14 @@ describe('test --json-file-output ', () => {
       const jsonOutputFilename = `${uuidv4()}.json`;
       return exec(
         `node ${main} test ${noVulnsProjectPath} --json --json-file-output=${jsonOutputFilename}`,
+        {
+          env: {
+            PATH: process.env.PATH,
+            SNYK_TOKEN: apiKey,
+            SNYK_API,
+            SNYK_HOST,
+          },
+        },
         async (err, stdout) => {
           if (err) {
             throw err;
@@ -67,6 +125,7 @@ describe('test --json-file-output ', () => {
 
   it(
     '`test --json-file-output can handle a relative path`',
+
     (done) => {
       // if 'test-output' doesn't exist, created it
       if (!existsSync('test-output')) {
@@ -78,6 +137,14 @@ describe('test --json-file-output ', () => {
 
       exec(
         `node ${main} test ${noVulnsProjectPath} --json --json-file-output=${outputPath}`,
+        {
+          env: {
+            PATH: process.env.PATH,
+            SNYK_TOKEN: apiKey,
+            SNYK_API,
+            SNYK_HOST,
+          },
+        },
         async (err, stdout) => {
           if (err) {
             throw err;