diff --git a/.githooks/post-receive b/.githooks/post-receive
index 757faa0..5d835aa 100644
--- a/.githooks/post-receive
+++ b/.githooks/post-receive
@@ -259,6 +259,7 @@
 }
 
 set -x
+SKIP_DEPLOYMENT=true
 # Main script execution loop
 while read -r oldrev newrev ref; do
   tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
@@ -266,8 +267,12 @@
   echo "--- Processing push for branch: $branch (from $oldrev to $newrev) ---"
   if run_postreceive_tests "$branch" "$tmpdir"; then
     echo "Tests passed for $branch. Proceeding with deployment."
-    deploy_expressjs_blog "$branch" "$tmpdir"
-    echo "Deployment of $branch complete."
+    if [[ -z "$SKIP_DEPLOYMENT" ]]; then
+      deploy_expressjs_blog "$branch" "$tmpdir"
+      echo "Deployment of $branch complete."
+    else
+      echo "Deployed to: $tmpdir"
+    fi
   else
     echo "Post-receive tests failed for $branch. Deployment aborted."
     exit 1
diff --git a/.githooks/pre-push b/.githooks/pre-push
index 9b953a5..4a7a65f 100755
--- a/.githooks/pre-push
+++ b/.githooks/pre-push
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 set -euo pipefail
 # set -x
 
+export TEST_SCHEMA="http"
 npm run test:prepush
 
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
diff --git a/test/routes.test.js b/test/routes.test.js
index 9634747..ed1aabe 100644
--- a/test/routes.test.js
+++ b/test/routes.test.js
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@
 const http = require("http");
 
 let port = process.env.TEST_PORT;
+let schema = process.env.TEST_SCHEMA;
 require("dotenv").config();
 
-const domain = process.env.SERVER_DOMAIN;
-port = port || process.env.SERVER_PORT;
+// const domain = process.env.SERVER_DOMAIN;
+port = port || process.env.TEST_PORT || process.env.SERVER_PORT;
+schema = schema || process.env.TEST_SCHEMA || process.env.SERVER_SCHEMA;
 const server_address = process.env.SERVER_ADDRESS;
-const schema = process.env.TEST_SCHEMA || process.env.SERVER_SCHEMA;
 const baseUrl = `${schema}://${server_address}:${port}`;
 
 // Create a proper HTTP agent