diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be9e115..861c7da 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -75,12 +75,11 @@ node app.js
 
 ## Running the tests
 
-To run the tests you will need
+To run the tests it is recommended that you use an in-memory instance of the eventstore so you don't pollute your dev instance.
 
-- To install the dependencies (`npm install`)
-- Run an instance of EventStore >= 3.3.0 (competing consumers are required for test) on localhost:1113 (Download [here](https://geteventstore.com/downloads/))
+    EventStore.ClusterNode.exe --memdb
 
-To execute the tests suites simply run test with npm
+To execute the tests suites simply run
 
     npm test
 
diff --git a/test/common/base_test.js b/test/common/base_test.js
index 8234c2d..3a12e5b 100644
--- a/test/common/base_test.js
+++ b/test/common/base_test.js
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ if (process.env.TESTS_VERBOSE_LOGGING === '1') {
   settings.log = new FileLogger('test-verbose.log');
 }
 
-var tcpEndPoint = {hostname: 'localhost', port: 1112};
+var tcpEndPoint = {hostname: 'localhost', port: 1113};
 
 function setUp(cb) {
   this.log = settings.log;
diff --git a/test/connection_test.js b/test/connection_test.js
index 6673f65..8414db9 100644
--- a/test/connection_test.js
+++ b/test/connection_test.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ var testBase = require('./common/base_test');
 
 module.exports = {
   'Connect To Endpoint Happy Path': function(test) {
-    var tcpEndpoint = {hostname: 'localhost', port: 1112};
+    var tcpEndpoint = {hostname: 'localhost', port: 1113};
     var conn = client.EventStoreConnection.create(testBase.settings(), tcpEndpoint);
     conn.connect()
         .catch(function(err) {