diff --git a/tests/integration/marketplacesuite.nim b/tests/integration/marketplacesuite.nim
index 2b81bdd8..7e7ea240 100644
--- a/tests/integration/marketplacesuite.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/marketplacesuite.nim
@@ -11,9 +11,17 @@ import ../contracts/deployment
 export mp
 export multinodes
 
-template marketplacesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
+template marketplacesuite*(name: string,
+    body: untyped) =
+  marketplacesuiteWithProviderUrl name, "http://localhost:8545":
+    body
 
-  multinodesuite name:
+# we can't just overload the name and use marketplacesuite here
+# see: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/14827
+template marketplacesuiteWithProviderUrl*(name: string,
+    jsonRpcProviderUrl: string, body: untyped) =
+
+  multinodesuiteWithProviderUrl name, jsonRpcProviderUrl:
 
     var marketplace {.inject, used.}: Marketplace
     var period: uint64
diff --git a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
index 14b48019..e907c43f 100644
--- a/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/multinodes.nim
@@ -58,7 +58,35 @@ proc nextFreePort(startPort: int): Future[int] {.async.} =
       trace "port is not free", port
       inc port
 
+# Following the problem described here:
+# https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/issues/2053
+# It may be desireable to use http RPC provider.
+# This turns out to be equally important in tests where
+# subscriptions get wiped out after 5mins even when
+# a new block is mined.
+# For this reason, we are using http provider here as the default.
+# To use a different provider in your test, you may use
+# multinodesuiteWithProviderUrl template in your tests.
+# The nodes are still using the default provider (which is ws://localhost:8545).
+# If you want to use http provider url in the nodes, you can
+# use withEthProvider config modifiers in the node configs
+# to set the desired provider url. E.g.:
+#   NodeConfigs(    
+#     hardhat:
+#       HardhatConfig.none,
+#     clients:
+#       CodexConfigs.init(nodes=1)
+#         .withEthProvider("http://localhost:8545")
+#         .some,
+#     ...
 template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
+  multinodesuiteWithProviderUrl name, "http://localhost:8545":
+    body
+
+# we can't just overload the name and use multinodesuite here
+# see: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues/14827
+template multinodesuiteWithProviderUrl*(name: string, jsonRpcProviderUrl: string,
+ body: untyped) =
 
   asyncchecksuite name:
 
@@ -261,10 +289,7 @@ template multinodesuite*(name: string, body: untyped) =
           quit(1)
 
       try:
-        # Workaround for https://github.com/NomicFoundation/hardhat/issues/2053
-        # Do not use websockets, but use http and polling to stop subscriptions
-        # from being removed after 5 minutes
-        ethProvider = JsonRpcProvider.new("http://localhost:8545")
+        ethProvider = JsonRpcProvider.new(jsonRpcProviderUrl)
         # if hardhat was NOT started by the test, take a snapshot so it can be
         # reverted in the test teardown
         if nodeConfigs.hardhat.isNone:
diff --git a/tests/integration/testvalidator.nim b/tests/integration/testvalidator.nim
index a7f59375..6d326880 100644
--- a/tests/integration/testvalidator.nim
+++ b/tests/integration/testvalidator.nim
@@ -15,16 +15,21 @@ export logutils
 logScope:
   topics = "integration test validation"
 
-template eventuallyS*(expression: untyped, timeout=10, step = 5,
+template eventuallyS(expression: untyped, timeout=10, step = 5,
     cancelExpression: untyped = false): bool =
   bind Moment, now, seconds
 
   proc eventuallyS: Future[bool] {.async.} =
     let endTime = Moment.now() + timeout.seconds
     var i = 0
+    var secondsElapsed = 0
     while not expression:
       inc i
-      # echo (i*step).seconds
+      secondsElapsed = i*step
+      # echo secondsElapsed.seconds
+      if secondsElapsed mod 180 == 0:
+        await stopTrackingEvents()
+        await marketplace.startTrackingEvents()
       if endTime < Moment.now():
         return false
       if cancelExpression:
@@ -34,13 +39,11 @@ template eventuallyS*(expression: untyped, timeout=10, step = 5,
 
   await eventuallyS()
 
-marketplacesuite "Validation":
+marketplacesuiteWithProviderUrl "Validation", "ws://localhost:8545":
   let nodes = 3
   let tolerance = 1
   let proofProbability = 1
 
-  # var slotsAndRequests = initTable[string, seq[UInt256]]()
-  # var events = initTable[string, seq[ref MarketplaceEvent]]()
   var events = {
     $SlotFilled: newSeq[ref MarketplaceEvent](),
     $SlotFreed: newSeq[ref MarketplaceEvent](),
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ marketplacesuite "Validation":
         slotsFailed.incl(slotId)
     
     debug "slots failed", slotsFailed = slotsFailed, slotsNotFreed = slotsNotFreed
-    check slotsNotFreed == slotsFailed
+    check slotsNotFreed == slotsFailed  
   
   test "validator marks proofs as missing when using validation groups", NodeConfigs(
     # Uncomment to start Hardhat automatically, typically so logs can be inspected locally