diff --git a/R/docker-splash.r b/R/docker-splash.r
index 184eb17..3c63f0f 100644
--- a/R/docker-splash.r
+++ b/R/docker-splash.r
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ start_splash <- function(tag="3.2", container_name = "splashr", remove=FALSE) {
   docker$container$run(
     image = sprintf("scrapinghub/splash:%s", tag),
     name = container_name,
-    ports = c("5023:5023", "8051:8051"),
+    ports = c("5023:5023", "8051:8051", "8050:8050"),
     detach = TRUE,
     rm = remove,
     tty = TRUE
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-splash.R b/tests/testthat/test-splash.R
index 9f47bcd..7534d98 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-splash.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-splash.R
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ test_that("we can do something", {
   test_url <- "http://localhost:8050/"
 
   xpct <- function(x) {
-    spact <- splash_active()
+    spact <- splash_active(splash_local)
     expect_that(spact, equals(TRUE))
     expect_that(length(splash_debug()), equals(7))
     expect_that(length(splash_version()), equals(9))
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ test_that("we can do something", {
     expect_that(render_har(url = test_url), is_a("har"))
   }
 
-  spact <- splash_active()
+  spact <- splash_active(splash_local)
 
   if (spact) {
     xpct()