diff --git a/docker/Dockerfile b/docker/Dockerfile
index 520fd2d07..4c47eb346 100644
--- a/docker/Dockerfile
+++ b/docker/Dockerfile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ FROM alpine
 MAINTAINER Team ACID @ Zalando <team-acid@zalando.de>
 
 # We need root certificates to deal with teams api over https
+RUN apk --no-cache add curl
 RUN apk --no-cache add ca-certificates
 
 COPY build/* /
diff --git a/e2e/Makefile b/e2e/Makefile
index a72c6bef0..b904ad763 100644
--- a/e2e/Makefile
+++ b/e2e/Makefile
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ tools:
 
 e2etest: tools copy clean
 	./run.sh main
+
+cleanup: clean
+	./run.sh cleanup
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diff --git a/e2e/README.md b/e2e/README.md
index 92a1fc731..ce8931f62 100644
--- a/e2e/README.md
+++ b/e2e/README.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ runtime.
 In the e2e folder you can invoke tests either with `make test` or with:
 
 ```bash
-./run.sh
+./run.sh main
 ```
 
 To run both the build and test step you can invoke `make e2e` from the parent
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ directory.
 
 To run the end 2 end test and keep the kind state execute:
 ```bash
-NOCLEANUP=True ./run.sh
+NOCLEANUP=True ./run.sh main
 ```
 
 ## Run indidual test
diff --git a/e2e/scripts/watch_objects.sh b/e2e/scripts/watch_objects.sh
index c866fbd45..d4ca3597f 100755
--- a/e2e/scripts/watch_objects.sh
+++ b/e2e/scripts/watch_objects.sh
@@ -16,4 +16,6 @@ echo
 kubectl get pods -l name=postgres-operator -o jsonpath='{.items..metadata.annotations.step}'
 echo
 kubectl get pods -l application=spilo -o jsonpath='{.items..spec.containers..image}'
+echo
+kubectl exec -it $(kubectl get pods -l name=postgres-operator -o jsonpath='{.items.name}') -- curl localhost:8008/api/status/queue/
 "
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diff --git a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
index 888fc2eaa..a38169a46 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
+++ b/e2e/tests/test_e2e.py
@@ -109,9 +109,18 @@ class EndToEndTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         with open("manifests/postgres-operator.yaml", 'w') as f:
             yaml.dump(operator_deployment, f, Dumper=yaml.Dumper)
 
+        with open("manifests/configmap.yaml", 'r+') as f:
+                    configmap = yaml.safe_load(f)
+                    configmap["data"]["workers"] = "1"
+
+        with open("manifests/configmap.yaml", 'w') as f:
+            yaml.dump(configmap, f, Dumper=yaml.Dumper)
+
         for filename in ["operator-service-account-rbac.yaml",
+                         "postgresteam.crd.yaml",
                          "configmap.yaml",
                          "postgres-operator.yaml",
+                         "api-service.yaml",
                          "infrastructure-roles.yaml",
                          "infrastructure-roles-new.yaml",
                          "e2e-storage-class.yaml"]: