diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bc1c6b3d..8eb992ca 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -450,14 +450,17 @@ docker-compose -f docker-compose.test.yml up
 either export them into environment variables locally:
 
 ```bash
-  - export PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(docker exec -it gitlab bash -lc 'printf "%q" "${PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN}"')
-  - export GITLAB_URL=$(docker exec -it gitlab bash -lc 'printf "%q" "${GITLAB_URL}"')
+export PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(docker exec -it gitlab bash -lc 'printf "%q" "${PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN}"')
+export GITLAB_URL=$(docker exec -it gitlab bash -lc 'printf "%q" "${GITLAB_URL}"')  
 ```
 
 1. Now run the tests
 
 ```bash
 npm run test
+
+# or, alternatively
+npm run test-with-token # sets PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN and GITLAB_URL from above, before running tests
 ```
 
 You can also define them in front of the npm script
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4afba48..77b92262 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
     "test:infrastructure": "jest test/tests/infrastructure",
     "test:services": "jest test/tests/services",
     "test": "jest --debug --runInBand && codecov",
+    "test-with-token": "PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN=$(docker exec -it gitlab bash -lc 'printf \"%q\" \"${PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN}\"') GITLAB_URL=$(docker exec -it gitlab bash -lc 'printf \"%q\" \"${GITLAB_URL}\"') npm run test",
     "prepublishOnly": "npm run build",
     "semantic-release": "semantic-release"
   },