diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index 7fdddf1..6c2f39f 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+./gradlew clean build
+# Create an empty ui build directory... we don't need UI for this build
+mkdir -p tmp/ui/conductor/ui/build
 docker rm -f  conductor_test_container
 docker build -f docker/DockerfileStandalone . -t conductor_test_container
 docker run -dit --name conductor_test_container -p 8899:8080 -t conductor_test_container
@@ -8,6 +11,7 @@ do
 done
 sleep 5
 echo "All set - starting tests now"
+./gradlew clean
 ./gradlew -PIntegrationTests orkes-conductor-test-harness:test
 docker rm -f  conductor_test_container