diff --git a/integration-tests/load/ccip/metrics.go b/integration-tests/load/ccip/metrics.go
index d18248e5def..6d83a24a0d5 100644
--- a/integration-tests/load/ccip/metrics.go
+++ b/integration-tests/load/ccip/metrics.go
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ func (mm *MetricManager) Start(ctx context.Context) {
 }
 
 func SendMetricsToLoki(l logger.Logger, lc *wasp.LokiClient, updatedLabels map[string]string, metrics *LokiMetric) {
+	l.Infow("Sending metrics to Loki ", "metrics", metrics, "labels", updatedLabels)
 	if err := lc.HandleStruct(wasp.LabelsMapToModel(updatedLabels), time.Now(), metrics); err != nil {
 		l.Error(ErrLokiPush)
 	}
diff --git a/integration-tests/testconfig/ccip/ccip.toml b/integration-tests/testconfig/ccip/ccip.toml
index d1241a6ea1a..2120d21a63e 100644
--- a/integration-tests/testconfig/ccip/ccip.toml
+++ b/integration-tests/testconfig/ccip/ccip.toml
@@ -248,8 +248,11 @@ MessageTypeWeights = [10,45,45]
 RequestFrequency = "5s"
 LoadDuration = "1h"
 # destination chain selectors to send messages to
-NumDestinationChains = 6
+NumDestinationChains = 2
 # Directory where we receive environment configuration from crib
-CribEnvDirectory = "../../../../crib/deployments/ccip-v2/.tmp"
+# By default it is set to run in a docker container
+CribEnvDirectory = "/data/crib-env-state"
+# Uncomment the line below to run tests using local directory
+# CribEnvDirectory = "../../../../crib/deployments/ccip-v2/.tmp"
 TimeoutDuration = "30m"
 GasLimit = 700_000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/integration-tests/testconfig/testconfig.go b/integration-tests/testconfig/testconfig.go
index 3ec61f42607..753b93167e9 100644
--- a/integration-tests/testconfig/testconfig.go
+++ b/integration-tests/testconfig/testconfig.go
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ func GetConfig(configurationNames []string, product Product) (TestConfig, error)
 			}
 		}
 	} else {
+		// todo: we need to make this part working with k8s-tester, so the config file is mount in k8s pod
 		logger.Info().Msg("Reading configs from file system")
 		for _, fileName := range fileNames {
 			logger.Debug().Msgf("Looking for config file %s", fileName)