diff --git a/tests/govtool-backend/test_cases/conftest.py b/tests/govtool-backend/test_cases/conftest.py
index fe20b385e..7f1928709 100644
--- a/tests/govtool-backend/test_cases/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/govtool-backend/test_cases/conftest.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="session")
 def govtool_api():
-    base_url: str = os.environ.get('BASE_URL')
+    base_url: str = os.environ.get('BASE_URL') + '/api'
     metrics_url: str = os.environ.get('METRICS_URL')
 
     if base_url is not None: