diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/artillery/Makefile b/kubernetes/apps/artillery/Makefile
index 5988b4e..15a5e6c 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/artillery/Makefile
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/artillery/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 
 docker:
 	@docker build -t demo-artillery .
+	
+run-observe: docker
 	@docker run --rm -it demo-artillery
+
+run-forward: docker
+	@docker run --rm -it -e QPOINT_STRATEGY=forward -e SSL_CERT_FILE=/tmp/qpoint.crt -e NODE_EXTRA_CA_CERTS=/tmp/qpoint.crt demo-artillery
diff --git a/kubernetes/apps/artillery/artillery-config.yaml b/kubernetes/apps/artillery/artillery-config.yaml
index fdacef9..3433268 100644
--- a/kubernetes/apps/artillery/artillery-config.yaml
+++ b/kubernetes/apps/artillery/artillery-config.yaml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 config:
   target: 'https://qpoint.io' # Base URL for QPoint to intercept and manage traffic
   phases:
-    - duration: 600 # Duration of the test in seconds
-      arrivalRate: 5 # New virtual users per second
+    - duration: 30 # Duration of the test in seconds
+      arrivalRate: 10 # New virtual users per second
   tls:
     rejectUnauthorized: false # For testing purposes, ignore self-signed certs issues