diff --git a/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/run-e2e.sh b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/run-e2e.sh
index be48ecd62..ba46bbf0f 100755
--- a/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/run-e2e.sh
+++ b/controllers/nginx/e2e/e2e-internal/run-e2e.sh
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ report_error() {
 }
 
 trap 'report_error $LINENO' ERR
+${WAIT_FOR_DEPLOYMENT} default-http-backend
 ${WAIT_FOR_DEPLOYMENT} nginx-ingress-controller
 trap '' ERR
 
 echo "Running tests..."
-go test -v k8s.io/ingress/controllers/nginx/e2e/... -run ^TestIngressSuite$ --args --alsologtostderr --v=10
+go test -v k8s.io/ingress/controllers/nginx/e2e/... -run ^TestIngressSuite$ --args --alsologtostderr --v=2