diff --git a/manifests/nbiservice.yaml b/manifests/nbiservice.yaml
index 7725cb5017dee7af7c5261e995723a62774e7d98..4fcbb81d02395d131e9a2d0de5752ebf11dcbd10 100644
--- a/manifests/nbiservice.yaml
+++ b/manifests/nbiservice.yaml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ spec:
             #- containerPort: 9192
           env:
             - name: LOG_LEVEL
-              value: "INFO"
+              value: "DEBUG"
             - name: FLASK_ENV
               value: "production"  # change to "development" if developing
             - name: IETF_NETWORK_RENDERER
diff --git a/src/nbi/service/app.py b/src/nbi/service/app.py
index c615584b53e72976385c72a8cbfd6597395db7de..94a267bc68a9435854382777073bf8d4471bf7ed 100644
--- a/src/nbi/service/app.py
+++ b/src/nbi/service/app.py
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ wait_for_environment_variables([
     get_env_var_name(ServiceNameEnum.SERVICE, ENVVAR_SUFIX_SERVICE_PORT_GRPC),
 ])
 
-BIND_ADDRESS = get_http_bind_address()
-BIND_PORT    = get_service_port_http(ServiceNameEnum.NBI)
-BASE_URL     = get_service_baseurl_http(ServiceNameEnum.NBI) or ''
+BASE_URL = get_service_baseurl_http(ServiceNameEnum.NBI) or ''
 
 nbi_app = NbiApplication(base_url=BASE_URL)
 register_health_probes(nbi_app)
@@ -79,6 +77,8 @@ app = nbi_app.get_flask_app()
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     # Only used to run it locally during development stage;
     # otherwise, app is directly launched by gunicorn.
+    BIND_ADDRESS = get_http_bind_address()
+    BIND_PORT    = get_service_port_http(ServiceNameEnum.NBI)
     nbi_app._sio.run(
         app, host=BIND_ADDRESS, port=BIND_PORT,
         debug=True, use_reloader=False
diff --git a/src/tests/ofc22/tests/test_functional_create_service.py b/src/tests/ofc22/tests/test_functional_create_service.py
index e0874a22d274117fcd557337180f2253125cb4a4..143f662f130d3cd5330f425863206b393b5cb656 100644
--- a/src/tests/ofc22/tests/test_functional_create_service.py
+++ b/src/tests/ofc22/tests/test_functional_create_service.py
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ def test_scenario_kpi_values_created(
     We short k KPI descriptors to test.
     """
     response = monitoring_client.GetKpiDescriptorList(Empty())
+    assert len(response.kpi_descriptor_list) >= 2
     kpi_descriptors = random.choices(response.kpi_descriptor_list, k=2)
 
     for kpi_descriptor in kpi_descriptors: