diff --git a/extras/hs-test/proxy_test.go b/extras/hs-test/proxy_test.go
index cdb516a..748e48b 100644
--- a/extras/hs-test/proxy_test.go
+++ b/extras/hs-test/proxy_test.go
@@ -9,18 +9,21 @@
 
 func testProxyHttpTcp(s *NsSuite, proto string) error {
 	const outputFile = "test.data"
-	const srcFile = "10M"
+	const srcFile = "httpTestFile"
+	const fileSize = "10M"
 	stopServer := make(chan struct{}, 1)
 	serverRunning := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+	serverNetns := "srv"
+	clientNetns := "cln"
 
 	// create test file
-	err := exechelper.Run(fmt.Sprintf("ip netns exec server truncate -s %s %s", srcFile, srcFile))
+	err := exechelper.Run(fmt.Sprintf("ip netns exec %s truncate -s %s %s", serverNetns, fileSize, srcFile))
 	s.assertNil(err, "failed to run truncate command: " + fmt.Sprint(err))
 	defer func() { os.Remove(srcFile) }()
 
 	s.log("test file created...")
 
-	go s.startHttpServer(serverRunning, stopServer, ":666", "server")
+	go s.startHttpServer(serverRunning, stopServer, ":666", serverNetns)
 	// TODO better error handling and recovery
 	<-serverRunning
 
@@ -31,19 +34,20 @@
 	s.log("http server started...")
 
 	clientVeth := s.netInterfaces[clientInterface]
-	c := fmt.Sprintf("ip netns exec client wget --no-proxy --retry-connrefused"+
-		" --retry-on-http-error=503 --tries=10 -O %s ", outputFile)
+	c := fmt.Sprintf("ip netns exec %s wget --no-proxy --retry-connrefused"+
+		" --retry-on-http-error=503 --tries=10 -O %s ", clientNetns, outputFile)
 	if proto == "tls" {
 		c += " --secure-protocol=TLSv1_3 --no-check-certificate https://"
 	}
 	c += fmt.Sprintf("%s:555/%s", clientVeth.ip4AddressString(), srcFile)
 	s.log(c)
 	_, err = exechelper.CombinedOutput(c)
-	s.assertNil(err, "failed to run wget: '%s', cmd: %s", err, c)
-	stopServer <- struct{}{}
 
 	defer func() { os.Remove(outputFile) }()
 
+	s.assertNil(err, "failed to run wget: '%s', cmd: %s", err, c)
+	stopServer <- struct{}{}
+
 	s.assertNil(assertFileSize(outputFile, srcFile))
 	return nil
 }