diff --git a/.github/workflows/log4shell-goof-server-docker-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/log4shell-goof-server-docker-image.yaml
index d40f327d36..915f50c1eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/log4shell-goof-server-docker-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/log4shell-goof-server-docker-image.yaml
@@ -45,3 +45,26 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Cleanup container
         run: docker kill log4shell-server
+
+      - name: Start minikube
+        uses: medyagh/setup-minikube@master
+        with:
+          cni: calico
+
+      - name: Deploy to minikube
+        run: |
+          sed -i 's/${DOCKER_ACCOUNT}\///' k8s/deploy.yaml
+          sed -i 's/imagePullPolicy: Always/imagePullPolicy: Never/' k8s/deploy.yaml
+          minikube image load log4shell-server:latest
+          kubectl apply -f k8s/deploy.yaml
+
+      - name: Test pods came up cleanly
+        run: |
+          kubectl get all --namespace=darkweb && \
+          kubectl wait --namespace=darkweb --for=condition=ready pod --selector=app=log4shell --timeout=90s
+
+      - name: Dump pod description
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        run: |
+          kubectl describe pod --namespace=darkweb --selector=app=log4shell
+          kubectl describe deploy --namespace=darkweb --selector=app=log4shell
diff --git a/.github/workflows/todolist-goof-docker-image.yaml b/.github/workflows/todolist-goof-docker-image.yaml
index bc4742cee2..88cb79f5f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/todolist-goof-docker-image.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/todolist-goof-docker-image.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: todolost-goof Docker image build and test
+name: todolist-goof Docker image build and test
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -33,12 +33,33 @@ jobs:
           context: todolist-goof
           push: false
           tags: java-goof:latest
-          
+
       - name: Run container
         run: docker run -d --rm --name java-goof -p 8080:8080 java-goof:latest
 
       - name: Smoke test container
         run: sleep 5 && curl -s --retry 5 --retry-delay 1 --retry-max-time 30 http://localhost:8080/todolist/ 
-        
-      - name: Cleanup container
+
+      - name: Teardown container
         run: docker kill java-goof
+
+      - name: Start minikube
+        uses: medyagh/setup-minikube@master
+        with:
+          cni: calico
+
+      - name: Deploy to minikube
+        run: |
+          sed -i 's/${DOCKER_ACCOUNT}\///' k8s/java-goof.yaml
+          sed -i 's/imagePullPolicy: Always/imagePullPolicy: Never/' k8s/java-goof.yaml
+          minikube image load java-goof:latest
+          kubectl apply -f k8s/java-goof.yaml
+
+      - name: Test pod came up cleanly
+        run: |
+          kubectl get all
+          kubectl wait --for=condition=ready pod --selector=app=goof --timeout=90s
+
+      - name: Dump pod description
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        run: kubectl describe pod --selector=app=goof
diff --git a/log4shell-goof/log4shell-server/k8s/deploy.yaml b/log4shell-goof/log4shell-server/k8s/deploy.yaml
index 9fd6036731..0598d81cf0 100644
--- a/log4shell-goof/log4shell-server/k8s/deploy.yaml
+++ b/log4shell-goof/log4shell-server/k8s/deploy.yaml
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ spec:
       containers:
         - name: ldap
           image: ${DOCKER_ACCOUNT}/log4shell-server:latest
+          imagePullPolicy: Always
 ---
 apiVersion: v1
 kind: Service