diff --git a/.env b/.env
index b9fe4ea..7c2fa16 100644
--- a/.env
+++ b/.env
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 PROXY_ADDRESS="http://localhost:3000"
 TARGET_URL="https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mattes/23e64faadb5fd4b5112f379903d2572e/raw/ddbf0a56001367467f71bda64347aa881d83533c/example.json"
+PROXY_PORT="3000"
+RUST_LOG="debug"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 1f917e5..3cfc38f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,35 @@
+[package]
+name = "web-proof-tee" 
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full", "test-util"] }
+anyhow = "1.0"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+once_cell = "1.19"
+rstest = "0.18"
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+
 [workspace]
 resolver = "2"
 members = [
     "client",
     "proxy"
 ]
+
+# Define workspace-wide dependency versions
+[workspace.dependencies]
+tokio = { version = "1.0", features = ["full"] }
+anyhow = "1.0"
+reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
+once_cell = "1.19"
+tracing = "0.1"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
+
+[[test]]
+name = "integration_tests"
+path = "tests/tests.rs"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8761250..a49367a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
   web proofs by TEE
 </p>
 
+## demo of client-proxy tee flow
+Runs a proxied GET to an [arbitrary](https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mattes/23e64faadb5fd4b5112f379903d2572e/raw/ddbf0a56001367467f71bda64347aa881d83533c/example.json) gist json file.
+
+See `.justfile` for commands, e.g. `just test`. 
 
 ## License
 Licensed under your option of either:
diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index 8276576..dbdfd07 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ authors     = ["Pluto developers <pluto.xyz>"]
 description = """TEE client"""
 edition     = "2021"
 license     = "Apache2.0 OR MIT"
-name        = "web-proof-tee-client"
+name        = "client"
 repository  = "https://github.com/pluto/web-proof-tee"
 version     = "0.1.0"
 
diff --git a/client/src/main.rs b/client/src/main.rs
index 1c0e444..75fbf13 100644
--- a/client/src/main.rs
+++ b/client/src/main.rs
@@ -10,14 +10,9 @@ use std::env;
 
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
 use dotenv::dotenv;
-use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde_json::Value;
 use tracing::{debug, error, info, warn};
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Deserialize)]
-struct Response {
-    _hello: String,
-}
-
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<()> {
     dotenv().ok();
@@ -64,7 +59,7 @@ async fn main() -> Result<()> {
         anyhow::bail!("Request failed with status {}: {}", status, text);
     }
 
-    let data: Response = response.json().await.context("Failed to parse response as JSON")?;
+    let data: Value = response.json().await.context("Failed to parse response as JSON")?;
     info!(
         response = ?data,
         "Successfully received and parsed response"
diff --git a/proxy/src/main.rs b/proxy/src/main.rs
index 73a6c43..ec6b3e2 100644
--- a/proxy/src/main.rs
+++ b/proxy/src/main.rs
@@ -109,8 +109,7 @@ async fn forward_request(target_url: &str) -> Result<impl IntoResponse> {
 
     let status = StatusCode::from_u16(response.status().as_u16())?;
     let body: Value = response.json().await?;
-
-    debug!(status = ?status, "Received response from target");
+    debug!("Parsed response body: {:?}", body);
 
     Ok((status, Json(body)))
 }
diff --git a/proxy/src/xclip b/proxy/src/xclip
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29..0000000
diff --git a/tests/tests.rs b/tests/tests.rs
index a1accc0..be8067d 100644
--- a/tests/tests.rs
+++ b/tests/tests.rs
@@ -1,66 +1,119 @@
+//! Integration tests
 #![allow(unused_imports)]
 #![allow(unused_variables)]
 #![allow(dead_code)]
 #![allow(unreachable_code)]
 #![allow(non_snake_case)]
 #![allow(clippy::clone_on_copy)]
-//! Integration tests
-use tracing::Level;
-use tracing_subscriber::FmtSubscriber;
-
-static INIT: std::sync::Once = std::sync::Once::new();
-fn setup_test_tracing() {
-    INIT.call_once(|| {
-        let subscriber =
-            FmtSubscriber::builder().with_max_level(Level::INFO).with_test_writer().finish();
-        tracing::subscriber::set_global_default(subscriber)
-            .expect("setting default subscriber failed");
-    });
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use anyhow::Result;
+use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
+use rstest::*;
+use tokio::time::sleep;
+use tracing::{debug, error, info, instrument, warn};
+use tracing_subscriber::fmt::format::FmtSpan;
+
+static TEST_PORT: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| "3333".to_string());
+static TEST_SERVER: Lazy<String> = Lazy::new(|| format!("http://localhost:{}", *TEST_PORT));
+
+/// Helper struct to manage server lifecycle
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct TestServer {
+    handle: tokio::process::Child,
 }
-use arbitrary::Arbitrary;
-use rstest::{fixture, rstest};
-// rstest provides features to take common context into tests, and set up small cases testing
-#[derive(Clone, Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Arbitrary)]
-struct Wb {
-    b:     bool,
-    count: usize,
+
+impl Drop for TestServer {
+    fn drop(&mut self) { let _ = self.handle.start_kill(); }
 }
-// context setup function to be implicitly called by `wb`
-#[fixture]
-fn count() -> usize { return 0usize; }
-// context setup function to be implicitly called by `test_wb`
-#[fixture]
-fn wb(#[default(false)] b: bool, count: usize) -> Wb {
-    setup_test_tracing();
-    Wb { b, count }
+
+impl TestServer {
+    async fn start() -> Result<Self> {
+        info!("Starting test server on port {}", *TEST_PORT);
+        let handle = tokio::process::Command::new("cargo")
+            .args(["run", "-p", "proxy", "--"])
+            .env("PROXY_PORT", &*TEST_PORT)  // Changed from PORT to PROXY_PORT
+            .env("RUST_LOG", "debug")
+            .kill_on_drop(true)
+            .spawn()?;
+
+        // Wait longer for server startup
+        info!("Waiting for server to start up");
+        sleep(Duration::from_secs(2)).await; // Increased from 5ms to 2s
+
+        // Verify server is running by attempting to connect
+        let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+        let max_retries = 5;
+        for i in 0..max_retries {
+            match client.get(&*TEST_SERVER).send().await {
+                Ok(_) => {
+                    info!("Server is ready!");
+                    break;
+                },
+                Err(e) => {
+                    if i == max_retries - 1 {
+                        error!("Server failed to start after {} retries: {}", max_retries, e);
+                        return Err(anyhow::anyhow!("Server failed to start"));
+                    }
+                    warn!("Server not ready, retrying in 1s...");
+                    sleep(Duration::from_secs(1)).await;
+                },
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self { handle })
+    }
+
+    #[instrument]
+    async fn stop(mut self) -> Result<()> {
+        info!("Stopping test server");
+        self.handle.kill().await?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
 
-// small-cases fuzzing
-// argument wb will inherit the above function if names match; will generate 3x3 case-tests
-#[rstest]
-#[case(0, true, true)]
-#[case(1, true, false)]
-fn test_wb(wb: Wb, #[case] n: usize, #[case] b: bool, #[case] expected: bool) {
-    tracing::info!("wb: {wb:?}");
-    let wb_ = Wb { count: n, b };
-    assert_eq!(wb == wb_, expected); // this will fail for case_1 cases
+/// Test fixture for managing server and client setup
+#[derive(Debug)]
+struct TestContext {
+    server: TestServer,
+    client: reqwest::Client,
 }
 
-// ex 2 - baby fuzz; will generate 2x2 test cases
-#[rstest]
-fn test_enumerative(#[values(0, 4)] n: usize, #[values(7, 8)] m: usize) {
-    assert!(n < m);
+/// Initialize tracing for tests
+fn init_tracing() {
+    let _ = tracing_subscriber::fmt()
+        .with_env_filter("debug")
+        .with_span_events(FmtSpan::CLOSE)
+        .with_test_writer()
+        .try_init();
 }
 
-// fuzz test
-fn reverse<T: Clone>(xs: &[T]) -> Vec<T> {
-    let mut rev = vec![];
-    for x in xs.iter() {
-        rev.insert(0, x.clone())
-    }
-    rev
+/// Fixture setup function
+#[fixture]
+async fn test_context() -> TestContext {
+    init_tracing();
+    info!("Setting up test context");
+    let server = TestServer::start().await.expect("Failed to start test server");
+    let client = reqwest::Client::new();
+    TestContext { server, client }
 }
 
-// fuzz, declare quickcheck on any argument implementing Arbitrary
-#[quickcheck_macros::quickcheck]
-fn prop(xs: Vec<u32>) -> bool { xs == reverse(&reverse(&xs)) }
+#[rstest]
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn test_proxy_forwarding(#[future] test_context: TestContext) -> Result<()> {
+    let ctx = test_context.await;
+    let test_url = "https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mattes/23e64faadb5fd4b5112f379903d2572e/raw/ddbf0a56001367467f71bda64347aa881d83533c/example.json";
+
+    info!("Sending request through proxy to {}", test_url);
+    let response = ctx.client.get(&*TEST_SERVER).header("X-Target-URL", test_url).send().await?;
+
+    debug!(status = ?response.status(), "Received response");
+    assert!(response.status().is_success());
+
+    let body: serde_json::Value = response.json().await?;
+    debug!(body = ?body, "Parsed response body");
+    assert_eq!(body["hello"], "world");
+
+    ctx.server.stop().await?;
+    Ok(())
+}