diff --git a/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/application/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java b/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/application/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java
index 7f66eadbbc..b45b27be7a 100644
--- a/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/application/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/services/git-bridge/src/test/java/uk/ac/ic/wlgitbridge/application/WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest.java
@@ -852,10 +852,10 @@ public class WLGitBridgeIntegrationTest {
         int gitBridgePort = 33885;
         int mockServerPort = 3885;
 
-        MockSnapshotServer server = new MockSnapshotServer(mockServerPort, getResource("/cannotCloneAHasDotGitProject").toFile());
+        server = new MockSnapshotServer(mockServerPort, getResource("/cannotCloneAHasDotGitProject").toFile());
         server.start();
         server.setState(states.get("cannotCloneAHasDotGitProject").get("state"));
-        GitBridgeApp wlgb = new GitBridgeApp(new String[] {
+        wlgb = new GitBridgeApp(new String[] {
                 makeConfigFile(gitBridgePort, mockServerPort)
         });