diff --git a/suzieq/restServer/query.py b/suzieq/restServer/query.py
index b1eaf2692d..bae2743daf 100755
--- a/suzieq/restServer/query.py
+++ b/suzieq/restServer/query.py
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ def get_log_config_level(cfg):
     return log_config, loglevel
 
 
-def rest_main(config_file: str, no_https: bool) -> None:
+def rest_main(*args) -> None:
     """The main function for the REST server
 
     Args:
@@ -124,7 +124,24 @@ def rest_main(config_file: str, no_https: bool) -> None:
         no_https (bool): If true, disable https
     """
 
-    config_file = sq_get_config_file(config_file)
+    if not args:
+        args = sys.argv
+
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(args)
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "-c",
+        "--config",
+        type=str, help="alternate config file",
+        default=None
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-https",
+        help="Turn off HTTPS",
+        default=False, action='store_true',
+    )
+    userargs = parser.parse_args()
+
+    config_file = sq_get_config_file(userargs.config)
     app = app_init(config_file)
     cfg = load_sq_config(config_file=config_file)
     try:
@@ -135,7 +152,7 @@ def rest_main(config_file: str, no_https: bool) -> None:
 
     logcfg, loglevel = get_log_config_level(cfg)
 
-    no_https = cfg.get('rest', {}).get('no-https', False) or no_https
+    no_https = cfg.get('rest', {}).get('no-https', False) or userargs.no_https
 
     srvr_addr = cfg.get('rest', {}).get('address', '127.0.0.1')
     srvr_port = cfg.get('rest', {}).get('port', 8000)
diff --git a/suzieq/restServer/sq_rest_server.py b/suzieq/restServer/sq_rest_server.py
index 6ebdf8a3b4..28142a3499 100755
--- a/suzieq/restServer/sq_rest_server.py
+++ b/suzieq/restServer/sq_rest_server.py
@@ -1,23 +1,8 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
 import sys
-import argparse
-
 from suzieq.restServer.query import rest_main
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "-c",
-        "--config",
-        type=str, help="alternate config file",
-        default=None
-    )
-    parser.add_argument(
-        "--no-https",
-        help="Turn off HTTPS",
-        default=False, action='store_true',
-    )
-    userargs = parser.parse_args()
-    rest_main(userargs.config, userargs.no_https)
+    rest_main(sys.argv)
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_rest.py b/tests/integration/test_rest.py
index afd5ac938b..1cc51c1ea1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_rest.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_rest.py
@@ -292,29 +292,27 @@ def app_initialize():
 # For some reason, putting the no_https in a for loop didn't work either
 @pytest.mark.rest
 def test_rest_server():
-    from multiprocessing import Process
+    import subprocess
     from time import sleep
     import requests
 
     cfgfile = create_dummy_config_file(
         datadir='./tests/data/multidc/parquet-out')
 
-    server = Process(target=rest_main, args=(cfgfile, True))
-    server.start()
-    assert (server.is_alive())
-    sleep(1)
-    assert (server.is_alive())
+    server = subprocess.Popen(
+        f'./suzieq/restServer/sq_rest_server.py -c {cfgfile} --no-https'.split())
+    sleep(5)
+    assert(server.pid)
     assert(requests.get('http://localhost:8000/api/docs'))
-    server.terminate()
-    server.join()
-
-    server = Process(target=rest_main, args=(cfgfile, False))
-    server.start()
-    assert (server.is_alive())
-    sleep(1)
-    assert (server.is_alive())
-    assert (requests.get("https://localhost:8000/api/docs", verify=False))
-    server.terminate()
-    server.join()
+    server.kill()
+    sleep(5)
+
+    server = subprocess.Popen(
+        f'./suzieq/restServer/sq_rest_server.py -c {cfgfile} '.split())
+    sleep(5)
+    assert(server.pid)
+    assert(requests.get('https://localhost:8000/api/docs', verify=False))
+    server.kill()
+    sleep(5)
 
     os.remove(cfgfile)