diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7e0d4c3..ed9ea83 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -20,4 +20,4 @@ help: ## Show this help
 	  /^[a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?##/ { printf "  \033[36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $$1, $$2 } \
 	  /^##@/ { printf "\n\033[1m%s\033[0m\n", substr($$0, 5) }' $(MAKEFILE_LIST)
 
-.PHONY: k3s-install smoke help
+.PHONY: k3s-install smoke test-ha-failover help
diff --git a/tests/test_ha_failover.sh b/tests/test_ha_failover.sh
index 4cec32d..add5bbd 100755
--- a/tests/test_ha_failover.sh
+++ b/tests/test_ha_failover.sh
@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@
 
 set -uo pipefail
 
-GITEA_URL="${1:-http://localhost:3000}"
+GITEA_URL="${1:-http://localhost:32166}"
 NAMESPACE="default"
+KUBECTL="k3s kubectl"
 FAILOVER_TIMEOUT=60   # seconds to wait for repmgr promotion
 RECOVERY_TIMEOUT=120  # seconds to wait for all pods Running again
 PASS=0
@@ -26,19 +27,20 @@ fail() { echo "[FAIL] $*"; ((FAIL++)) || true; }
 info() { echo "[INFO] $*"; }
 
 # ── Pre-flight ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
-info "Target cluster: $(kubectl config current-context 2>/dev/null || echo 'default')"
+info "Target cluster: $($KUBECTL config current-context 2>/dev/null || echo 'default')"
 info "Gitea URL: ${GITEA_URL}"
 info "Namespace: ${NAMESPACE}"
 echo ""
 
-# Confirm postgresql-ha primary pod exists
-PRIMARY_POD=$(kubectl get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" -l app.kubernetes.io/name=postgresql-ha \
+# Confirm a postgresql node pod exists (component=postgresql excludes pgpool)
+PRIMARY_POD=$($KUBECTL get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" \
+  -l app.kubernetes.io/name=postgresql-ha,app.kubernetes.io/component=postgresql \
   -o jsonpath='{.items[0].metadata.name}' 2>/dev/null)
 if [[ -z "$PRIMARY_POD" ]]; then
-  fail "No postgresql-ha pods found — is Gitea deployed?"
+  fail "No postgresql-ha postgresql pods found — is Gitea deployed?"
   exit 1
 fi
-info "Primary pod to kill: ${PRIMARY_POD}"
+info "PostgreSQL pod to kill: ${PRIMARY_POD}"
 
 # ── Baseline: Gitea accessible before failover ────────────────────────────────
 info "Checking Gitea baseline..."
@@ -52,14 +54,14 @@ fi
 
 # ── Trigger failover: kill primary pod ───────────────────────────────────────
 info "Deleting primary pod ${PRIMARY_POD} to trigger failover..."
-kubectl delete pod -n "${NAMESPACE}" "${PRIMARY_POD}" --grace-period=0
+$KUBECTL delete pod -n "${NAMESPACE}" "${PRIMARY_POD}" --grace-period=0
 FAILOVER_START=$(date +%s)
 
 # ── Wait for repmgr promotion ─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 info "Waiting up to ${FAILOVER_TIMEOUT}s for a replica to be promoted..."
 PROMOTED=false
 while (( $(date +%s) - FAILOVER_START < FAILOVER_TIMEOUT )); do
-  RUNNING=$(kubectl get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" -l app.kubernetes.io/name=postgresql-ha 2>/dev/null \
+  RUNNING=$($KUBECTL get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" -l app.kubernetes.io/name=postgresql-ha 2>/dev/null \
     | grep " Running " | wc -l)
   if [[ "$RUNNING" -ge 1 ]]; then
     PROMOTED=true
@@ -98,7 +100,7 @@ fi
 info "Checking pgpool state..."
 PGPOOL_OK=false
 for i in $(seq 1 20); do
-  PGPOOL_STATE=$(kubectl get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" -l app.kubernetes.io/component=pgpool 2>/dev/null \
+  PGPOOL_STATE=$($KUBECTL get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" -l app.kubernetes.io/component=pgpool 2>/dev/null \
     | grep -v "^NAME" | awk '{print $3}' | head -1)
   if [[ "$PGPOOL_STATE" == "Running" ]]; then
     PGPOOL_OK=true
@@ -118,9 +120,9 @@ info "Waiting up to ${RECOVERY_TIMEOUT}s for all postgresql-ha pods to return to
 ALL_OK=false
 RECOVERY_START=$(date +%s)
 while (( $(date +%s) - RECOVERY_START < RECOVERY_TIMEOUT )); do
-  TOTAL=$(kubectl get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" -l app.kubernetes.io/name=postgresql-ha 2>/dev/null \
+  TOTAL=$($KUBECTL get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" -l app.kubernetes.io/name=postgresql-ha 2>/dev/null \
     | grep -v "^NAME" | wc -l)
-  RUNNING=$(kubectl get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" -l app.kubernetes.io/name=postgresql-ha 2>/dev/null \
+  RUNNING=$($KUBECTL get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" -l app.kubernetes.io/name=postgresql-ha 2>/dev/null \
     | grep " Running " | wc -l)
   if [[ "$TOTAL" -gt 0 && "$TOTAL" -eq "$RUNNING" ]]; then
     ALL_OK=true
@@ -135,7 +137,7 @@ if $ALL_OK; then
   ok "All postgresql-ha pods recovered to Running"
 else
   fail "Not all postgresql-ha pods recovered within ${RECOVERY_TIMEOUT}s"
-  kubectl get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" -l app.kubernetes.io/name=postgresql-ha 2>/dev/null || true
+  $KUBECTL get pods -n "${NAMESPACE}" -l app.kubernetes.io/name=postgresql-ha 2>/dev/null || true
 fi
 
 # ── Summary ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────