diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index ba3d648fe2e..3348c78f460 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
     "prepare": "husky install",
     "preinstall": "node scripts/check-package-manager.js",
     "start": "NODE_ENV=production node --max-old-space-size=3500 build/server.js",
+    "fallbackStart": "yarn start",
     "stop": "./scripts/killApp.sh",
     "storybook": "storybook dev -p 9001 -c .storybook",
     "test": "yarn build && yarn test:local",
diff --git a/src/integration/utils/runTests/index.js b/src/integration/utils/runTests/index.js
index 45f0b335952..6351d866e38 100644
--- a/src/integration/utils/runTests/index.js
+++ b/src/integration/utils/runTests/index.js
@@ -45,14 +45,25 @@ const buildApp = () =>
 const startApp = () => {
   const portNumber = argv.nextJS ? 7081 : 7080;
   const pathname = argv.nextJS ? '' : '/status';
-  return new Promise(resolve => {
-    const child = exec(
-      `yarn ${
-        isDev ? 'dev' : 'start'
-      } & ./node_modules/.bin/wait-on -t 20000 http://localhost:${portNumber}${pathname}`,
-    );
 
-    child.on('exit', resolve);
+  const statusCommand = `sleep 20 && curl http://localhost:${portNumber}${pathname}`;
+
+  const initialCommand = `yarn ${isDev ? 'dev' : 'start'}`;
+  const fallbackCommand = `yarn ${isDev ? 'dev' : 'fallbackStart'}`;
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    exec(initialCommand, error => {
+      if (error) {
+        exec(fallbackCommand);
+      }
+    });
+
+    exec(statusCommand, error => {
+      if (error) {
+        reject(new Error('Both the initial and fallback start up failed'));
+      }
+      resolve();
+    });
   });
 };
 
@@ -138,7 +149,11 @@ if (onlyRunTests) {
       await stopApp();
       process.exit(0);
     })
-    .catch(async () => {
+    .catch(async error => {
+      console.log(
+        'Running /integration/utils/runTests/index.js returned an error => \n',
+        error,
+      );
       await stopApp();
       process.exit(1);
     });
diff --git a/ws-nextjs-app/package.json b/ws-nextjs-app/package.json
index 0fcafcf6ade..a70950544c8 100644
--- a/ws-nextjs-app/package.json
+++ b/ws-nextjs-app/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "dev": "yarn setupDevEnv && next dev -p 7081 --webpack",
     "dev-https": "yarn setupDevEnv && next dev -p 7081 --experimental-https --webpack",
     "start": "NODE_ENV=production HOSTNAME=127.0.0.1 PORT=7081 node build/standalone/ws-nextjs-app/server.js",
+    "fallbackStart": "next start -p 7081",
     "stop": "lsof -t -i:7081 | xargs kill",
     "test": "NODE_OPTIONS=--no-experimental-strip-types jest --ci --colors --selectProjects='Unit Tests'",
     "test:integration": "NODE_OPTIONS=--no-experimental-strip-types jest --ci --colors --selectProjects='Integration Tests - Canonical' --selectProjects='Integration Tests - AMP' --selectProjects='Integration Tests - Lite'",