diff --git a/test/Client.test.ts b/test/Client.test.ts
index f55512d27..547835fc6 100644
--- a/test/Client.test.ts
+++ b/test/Client.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 import assert from 'assert'
-import { pollFor, newWallet, dumpStream } from './helpers'
+import {
+  pollFor,
+  newWallet,
+  dumpStream,
+  newLocalDockerClient,
+  newDevClient,
+} from './helpers'
 import { publishUserContact, sleep } from '../src/utils'
 import Client, { KeyStoreType } from '../src/Client'
 import { TestKeyCodec, ContentTypeTestKey } from './ContentTypeTestKey'
@@ -13,16 +19,6 @@ import {
   PrivateKeyBundle,
 } from '../src'
 
-const newLocalDockerClient = (): Promise<Client> =>
-  Client.create(newWallet(), {
-    bootstrapAddrs: [
-      '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9001/ws/p2p/16Uiu2HAmNCxLZCkXNbpVPBpSSnHj9iq4HZQj7fxRzw2kj1kKSHHA',
-    ],
-  })
-
-const newTestnetClient = (): Promise<Client> =>
-  Client.create(newWallet(), { env: 'dev' })
-
 describe('Client', () => {
   const tests = [
     {
@@ -32,8 +28,8 @@ describe('Client', () => {
   ]
   if (process.env.CI || process.env.TESTNET) {
     tests.push({
-      name: 'testnet',
-      newClient: newTestnetClient,
+      name: 'dev',
+      newClient: newDevClient,
     })
   }
   tests.forEach((testCase) => {
diff --git a/test/conversations/Conversation.test.ts b/test/conversations/Conversation.test.ts
index 93631371c..482d29713 100644
--- a/test/conversations/Conversation.test.ts
+++ b/test/conversations/Conversation.test.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 import { Client } from '../../src'
-import { Wallet } from 'ethers'
 import { sleep } from '../../src/utils'
-
-const opts = {
-  bootstrapAddrs: [
-    '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9001/ws/p2p/16Uiu2HAmNCxLZCkXNbpVPBpSSnHj9iq4HZQj7fxRzw2kj1kKSHHA',
-  ],
-}
+import { newLocalDockerClient } from '../helpers'
 
 jest.setTimeout(20000)
 
@@ -15,8 +9,8 @@ describe('conversations', () => {
   let bob: Client
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    alice = await Client.create(Wallet.createRandom(), opts)
-    bob = await Client.create(Wallet.createRandom(), opts)
+    alice = await newLocalDockerClient()
+    bob = await newLocalDockerClient()
   })
 
   afterEach(async () => {
diff --git a/test/conversations/Conversations.test.ts b/test/conversations/Conversations.test.ts
index a10d31491..8791bbf9c 100644
--- a/test/conversations/Conversations.test.ts
+++ b/test/conversations/Conversations.test.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
+import { newLocalDockerClient } from './../helpers'
 import { Client } from '../../src'
-import { Wallet } from 'ethers'
 import { sleep } from '../../src/utils'
 
-const opts = {
-  bootstrapAddrs: [
-    '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9001/ws/p2p/16Uiu2HAmNCxLZCkXNbpVPBpSSnHj9iq4HZQj7fxRzw2kj1kKSHHA',
-  ],
-}
-
 jest.setTimeout(20000)
 
 describe('conversations', () => {
@@ -15,8 +9,8 @@ describe('conversations', () => {
   let bob: Client
 
   beforeEach(async () => {
-    alice = await Client.create(Wallet.createRandom(), opts)
-    bob = await Client.create(Wallet.createRandom(), opts)
+    alice = await newLocalDockerClient()
+    bob = await newLocalDockerClient()
     await sleep(100)
   })
 
diff --git a/test/helpers.ts b/test/helpers.ts
index 4b079aa40..d16c7e6e2 100644
--- a/test/helpers.ts
+++ b/test/helpers.ts
@@ -5,10 +5,14 @@ import {
   ContentCodec,
   ContentTypeId,
   TextCodec,
+  Client,
 } from '../src'
 import Stream from '../src/Stream'
 import { promiseWithTimeout } from '../src/utils'
 
+const LOCAL_DOCKER_MULTIADDR =
+  '/ip4/127.0.0.1/tcp/9001/ws/p2p/16Uiu2HAmNCxLZCkXNbpVPBpSSnHj9iq4HZQj7fxRzw2kj1kKSHHA'
+
 export const sleep = (ms: number): Promise<void> =>
   new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, ms))
 
@@ -89,3 +93,11 @@ export class CodecRegistry {
     return this._codecs.get(key)
   }
 }
+
+export const newLocalDockerClient = (): Promise<Client> =>
+  Client.create(newWallet(), {
+    bootstrapAddrs: [LOCAL_DOCKER_MULTIADDR],
+  })
+
+export const newDevClient = (): Promise<Client> =>
+  Client.create(newWallet(), { env: 'dev' })