diff --git a/tests/integration/integration_test_utils.py b/tests/integration/integration_test_utils.py
index c7a5c0ddbfcb70698821250a87c6d97537d183ce..c668331891a9f7694a7aabae73d8796343527bad 100644
--- a/tests/integration/integration_test_utils.py
+++ b/tests/integration/integration_test_utils.py
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 import json
 from datetime import datetime
+from zipfile import ZipFile
 
 
 class IntegrationTestUtils:
 
     TEMP_CONFIG_FILE_PATH: str = "../test_data/test_deployment/regions/EastAfrica/workspace/temp_config.json"
+    EXAMPLE_SURVEY_FILE_PATH: str = "../test_data/test_deployment/regions/EastAfrica/resources/coordinator/assets/example_survey_run.zip"
 
     @staticmethod
     def load_json_file(file: str) -> dict:
@@ -23,3 +25,10 @@ class IntegrationTestUtils:
     def get_now_string() -> str:
         nowstring: str = datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d_%H%M%S')
         return nowstring
+
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def unpack_zip(zip_to_unpack: str, out_file: str):
+        with ZipFile(zip_to_unpack) as zf:  # open the zip file
+            for target_file in zf.namelist():  # check if the file exists in the archive
+                zf.extract(target_file, out_file)
diff --git a/tests/integration/test_survey.py b/tests/integration/test_survey.py
index dd5d0426a47f829b5db169c792665a9f51b2e0d7..15852e1ed87d14d073606bc2835f827d8c3087dc 100644
--- a/tests/integration/test_survey.py
+++ b/tests/integration/test_survey.py
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ class TestEnvSuit(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_env_suit_standard_inputs_expected_results1(self):
 
-        # nowstring: str = IntegrationTestUtils.get_now_string()
-        nowstring: str = ""
+        nowstring: str = IntegrationTestUtils.get_now_string()
+        # nowstring: str = ""
 
         os.environ["EMAIL_CRED"] = "../test_data/test_deployment/envs/Cred_gmail.json"
         from Processor import run_Process, set_log_level
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ class TestEnvSuit(unittest.TestCase):
         set_log_level(args_dict['log_level'])
 
         run_dict: dict = copy.deepcopy(self.default_config_dict)
-        test_out_path = run_dict['WorkspacePathout'] + nowstring + os.sep
+        test_out_path = run_dict['WorkspacePathout'] + "temp_" + nowstring + os.sep
         run_dict['WorkspacePathout'] = test_out_path
         run_dict['WorkspacePath'] = test_out_path
         run_dict['Survey']['SkipServerDownload'] = True
@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@ class TestEnvSuit(unittest.TestCase):
 
         IntegrationTestUtils.write_json_file(run_dict, IntegrationTestUtils.TEMP_CONFIG_FILE_PATH)
 
+        IntegrationTestUtils.unpack_zip(IntegrationTestUtils.EXAMPLE_SURVEY_FILE_PATH, test_out_path)
+
         run_Process(args_dict)
         self.assertTrue(True)