diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index ae305963..2c3a2e27 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 from control.proto import gateway_pb2 as pb2
 from control.proto import gateway_pb2_grpc as pb2_grpc
 import os
+import subprocess
 
 image = "mytestdevimage"
 image2 = "mytestdevimage2"
@@ -37,6 +38,25 @@
 listener_list_wrong_gw = [["-g", "WRONG", "-a", addr, "-s", "5015", "-f", "ipv4"]]
 config = "ceph-nvmeof.conf"
 
+def create_nvme_gateway(name):
+    # Formulate the command
+    command = [
+        "docker-compose",
+        "exec",
+        "-T",
+        "ceph",
+        "ceph",
+        "nvme-gw",
+        "create",
+        name,
+        "rbd",
+        ""
+    ]
+
+    # Execute the command
+    subprocess.run(command, check=True)
+    print(f"NVMe gateway {name} created successfully.")
+
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def gateway(config):
     """Sets up and tears down Gateway"""
@@ -47,6 +67,7 @@ def gateway(config):
     with GatewayServer(config) as gateway:
 
         # Start gateway
+        create_nvme_gateway(gateway.name)
         gateway.serve()
 
         # Bind the client and Gateway
diff --git a/tests/test_grpc.py b/tests/test_grpc.py
index 428965d7..39ca7a6c 100644
--- a/tests/test_grpc.py
+++ b/tests/test_grpc.py
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ def check_resource_by_index(i, caplog):
 def test_create_get_subsys(caplog, config):
     with GatewayServer(config) as gateway:
         gateway.serve()
+        gateway.set_group_id(0)
 
         for i in range(created_resource_count):
             create_resource_by_index(i)
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ def test_create_get_subsys(caplog, config):
     # restart the gateway here
     with GatewayServer(config) as gateway:
         gateway.serve()
+        gateway.set_group_id(0)
 
         for i in range(subsys_list_count):
             cli(["--format", "plain", "subsystem", "list"])
diff --git a/tests/test_log_files.py b/tests/test_log_files.py
index b8420499..a6a5669c 100644
--- a/tests/test_log_files.py
+++ b/tests/test_log_files.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ def gateway(config, request):
 
         # Start gateway
         gateway.serve()
+        gateway.set_group_id(0)
 
         # Bind the client and Gateway
         channel = grpc.insecure_channel(f"{addr}:{port}")
diff --git a/tests/test_old_omap.py b/tests/test_old_omap.py
index 8d21bf3c..f6e1c748 100644
--- a/tests/test_old_omap.py
+++ b/tests/test_old_omap.py
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@
 def test_old_omap(caplog, config):
     with GatewayServer(config) as gateway:
         gateway.serve()
+        gateway.set_group_id(0)
         gateway.gateway_rpc.gateway_state.omap._add_key("bdev_dummy", "dummy")
 
     caplog.clear()
     with GatewayServer(config) as gateway:
         with pytest.raises(Exception) as ex:
             gateway.serve()
+            gateway.set_group_id(0)
             assert f"Old OMAP file format, still contains bdevs, please remove file and try again" in str(ex.value)
diff --git a/tests/test_server.py b/tests/test_server.py
index cd199749..91f1efd3 100644
--- a/tests/test_server.py
+++ b/tests/test_server.py
@@ -35,12 +35,14 @@ def test_spdk_exception(self):
         with self.assertRaises(SystemExit) as cm:
             with GatewayServer(config_spdk_exception) as gateway:
                 gateway.serve()
+                gateway.set_group_id(0)
         self.validate_exception(cm.exception)
 
     def test_spdk_abort(self):
         """Tests spdk sub process dumps core on during normal shutdown."""
         with GatewayServer(copy.deepcopy(self.config)) as gateway:
             gateway.serve()
+            gateway.set_group_id(0)
             time.sleep(10)
         # exited context, spdk process should be aborted here by __exit__()
         time.sleep(10) # let it dump
@@ -65,7 +67,9 @@ def test_spdk_multi_gateway_exception(self):
                 GatewayServer(configB) as gatewayB,
              ):
                 gatewayA.serve()
+                gatewayA.set_group_id(0)
                 gatewayB.serve()
+                gatewayB.set_group_id(1)
         self.validate_exception(cm.exception)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':