diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
index ae6f8082..fba4aaf5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
 
   e2e:
     name: E2E
-    runs-on: hugepage-runner
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Harden Runner
         uses: step-security/harden-runner@91182cccc01eb5e619899d80e4e971d6181294a7 # v2.10.1
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: 1.22.3
       - uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 # v4.1.7
+
+      - name: set hugapages
+        run: sudo echo 5000 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/nr_hugepages
+
+      - name: check hugepages
+        run: sudo grep -i Huge /proc/meminfo
+
       - name: install_go_kubectl_kind
         run: source ./ci/ci.sh && install_go_kubectl_kind
       - name: create_kind_cluster
diff --git a/ci/ci.sh b/ci/ci.sh
index 16406b17..33912805 100755
--- a/ci/ci.sh
+++ b/ci/ci.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -e
-USERSPACEDIR="/runner/_work/userspace-cni-network-plugin/userspace-cni-network-plugin/"
+
+#USERSPACEDIR="/runner/_work/userspace-cni-network-plugin/userspace-cni-network-plugin/"
+USERSPACEDIR="/home/runner/work/userspace-cni-network-plugin/userspace-cni-network-plugin"
 CI_DIR="$USERSPACEDIR/ci/"
 
 vpp_ligato_latest_container()
@@ -28,10 +30,12 @@ export PATH="${PATH}:${HOME}/go/bin"
 echo "export PATH=\"${PATH}:${HOME}/go/bin/:${HOME}.local/bin/\"" >>~/.bashrc
 go install sigs.k8s.io/kind@v0.20.0
 
-echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg] https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.27/deb/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
-curl -fsSL https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.27/deb/Release.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg
+sudo bash -c 'echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg] https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.27/deb/ /" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list'
+sudo bash -c 'curl -fsSL https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.27/deb/Release.key | gpg --dearmor >> /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg'
+#curl -fsSL https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/v1.27/deb/Release.key -o release.key
+#sudo bash -c 'gpg --no-tty -o /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg --dearmor ./release.key'
 sudo apt-get update
-sudo apt-get install -y kubectl=1.27.3-1.1
+#sudo apt-get install -y kubectl=1.27.3-1.1
 }
 
 create_kind_cluster(){
@@ -84,6 +88,10 @@ echo "Setting up vpp pods"
 sleep 20
 kubectl get all -A
 
+kubectl get nodes
+
+kubectl describe pod -n vpp vpp-app1-kind-control-plane
+
 kubectl exec -n vpp vpp-app1-kind-control-plane -- ./vpp_pod_setup_memif.sh
 kubectl exec -n vpp vpp-app2-kind-control-plane -- ./vpp_pod_setup_memif.sh
 kubectl exec -n vpp vpp-app1-kind-control-plane -- vppctl "sh int address"
diff --git a/ci/vpp_test_setup/vpp_host.sh b/ci/vpp_test_setup/vpp_host.sh
index 245b9afd..4f7bc8df 100755
--- a/ci/vpp_test_setup/vpp_host.sh
+++ b/ci/vpp_test_setup/vpp_host.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # Set USERSPACEDIR if not defined in parent script
-USERSPACEDIR="${USERSPACEDIR:=/runner/_work/userspace-cni-network-plugin/userspace-cni-network-plugin/}"
+USERSPACEDIR="${USERSPACEDIR:=/home/runner/work/userspace-cni-network-plugin/userspace-cni-network-plugin/}"
+#USERSPACEDIR="${USERSPACEDIR:=/runner/_work/userspace-cni-network-plugin/userspace-cni-network-plugin/}"
 
 kubectl delete ns vpp
 kubectl create ns vpp
diff --git a/ci/vpp_test_setup/vpp_pod.sh b/ci/vpp_test_setup/vpp_pod.sh
index fc2fa79b..a74375f7 100755
--- a/ci/vpp_test_setup/vpp_pod.sh
+++ b/ci/vpp_test_setup/vpp_pod.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 # set CI_DIR if not defined in parent script
-CI_DIR="${CI_DIR:=/runner/_work/userspace-cni-network-plugin/userspace-cni-network-plugin/ci/}"
+ 
+CI_DIR="${CI_DIR:=/home/runner/work/userspace-cni-network-plugin/userspace-cni-network-plugin/ci/}"
+#CI_DIR="${CI_DIR:=/runner/_work/userspace-cni-network-plugin/userspace-cni-network-plugin/ci/}"
 kubectl apply -f "$CI_DIR/vpp_test_setup/network_attachment_definition.yaml"
 kubectl create -n vpp configmap vpp-app-startup-config --from-file="$CI_DIR/vpp_test_setup/startup.conf"
 worker="kind-control-plane"