diff --git a/services/package.json b/services/package.json
--- a/services/package.json
+++ b/services/package.json
@@ -7,23 +7,17 @@
     "build-all": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh && docker-compose build",
     "build-base-image": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh",
     "run-tunnelbroker-service": "./scripts/run_server_image.sh tunnelbroker",
-    "test-tunnelbroker-service": "./scripts/test_service.sh tunnelbroker",
     "run-tunnelbroker-service-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/run_server_image.sh tunnelbroker",
-    "test-tunnelbroker-service-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/test_service.sh tunnelbroker",
     "build-backup-base": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh && docker-compose build backup-base",
     "run-backup-service": "./scripts/run_server_image.sh backup",
-    "test-backup-service": "./scripts/test_service.sh backup",
     "run-backup-service-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/run_server_image.sh backup",
-    "test-backup-service-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/test_service.sh backup",
     "build-blob-base": "./scripts/build_base_image.sh && docker-compose build blob-base",
     "run-blob-service": "./scripts/run_server_image.sh blob",
-    "test-blob-service": "./scripts/test_service.sh blob",
     "run-blob-service-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/run_server_image.sh blob",
-    "test-blob-service-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/test_service.sh blob",
     "run-all-services": "./scripts/run_all_services.sh",
-    "test-all-services": "./scripts/test_all_services.sh",
-    "test-all-services-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/test_all_services.sh",
+    "run-unit-tests": "./scripts/run_unit_tests.sh",
+    "run-integration-tests": "./scripts/run_integration_tests.sh",
     "run-all-services-in-sandbox": "COMM_SERVICES_SANDBOX=1 ./scripts/run_all_services.sh",
     "init-local-cloud": "./scripts/init_local_cloud.sh"
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/services/scripts/list_services.sh b/services/scripts/list_services.sh
--- a/services/scripts/list_services.sh
+++ b/services/scripts/list_services.sh
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 
 set -e
 
-ls | grep -vE 'base-image|docker.compose.yml|package.json|scripts'
+find . -maxdepth 1 ! -name "base-image" ! -name "docker-compose.yml" ! -name "package.json" ! -name "scripts" ! -name "node_modules" ! -name "commtest" ! -name "lib" ! -name "terraform" ! -name ".*" -execdir echo {} ';'
+
diff --git a/services/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh b/services/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/scripts/run_integration_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+export COMM_TEST_SERVICES=1
+export COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=1
+
+SERVICES=$(./scripts/list_services.sh)
+
+run_integration_test () {
+  echo "integration tests tests will be run for the $1 service"
+  # add  -- --nocapture in the end to enable logs
+  cargo test "$1"_test --test '*' --manifest-path=commtest/Cargo.toml #-- --nocapture
+}
+
+list_expected () {
+  echo "Expected one of these:";
+  echo "$SERVICES";
+  echo "all";
+}
+
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+  echo "No service specified";
+  list_expected;
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+if [[ "$1" == "all" ]]; then
+  for SERVICE in "$SERVICES"; do
+    run_integration_test "$SERVICE"
+  done
+  exit 0;
+fi;
+
+SERVICE=$(grep "$1" <<< "$SERVICES")
+
+if [[ "$SERVICE" != "$1" ]]; then
+  echo "No such service: $1";
+  list_expected;
+  exit 1;
+fi;
+
+run_integration_test "$SERVICE"
diff --git a/services/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh b/services/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
--- /dev/null
+++ b/services/scripts/run_unit_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+export COMM_TEST_SERVICES=1
+export COMM_SERVICES_DEV_MODE=1
+
+SERVICES=$(./scripts/list_services.sh)
+
+run_unit_test () {
+  echo "unit tests will be run for the $1 service"
+
+  docker-compose build "$1"-server
+  docker-compose run "$1"-server
+}
+
+list_expected () {
+  echo "Expected one of these:";
+  echo "$SERVICES";
+}
+
+if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then
+  echo "No service specified";
+  list_expected;
+  exit 1;
+fi
+
+if [[ "$1" == "all" ]]; then
+  for SERVICE in $SERVICES; do
+    run_unit_test "$SERVICE"
+  done
+  exit 0;
+fi;
+
+SERVICE=$(grep "$1" <<< "$SERVICES")
+
+if [[ "$SERVICE" != "$1" ]]; then
+  echo "No such service: $1";
+  list_expected;
+  exit 1;
+fi;
+
+run_unit_test "$SERVICE"
diff --git a/services/scripts/test_all_services.sh b/services/scripts/test_all_services.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/services/scripts/test_all_services.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-SERVICES=$(./scripts/list_services.sh)
-
-for SERVICE in $SERVICES; do
-  ./scripts/test_service.sh "$SERVICE"
-done
diff --git a/services/scripts/test_service.sh b/services/scripts/test_service.sh
deleted file mode 100755
--- a/services/scripts/test_service.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-set -e
-
-SERVICES=$(./scripts/list_services.sh)
-SERVICE=$(grep "$1" <<< echo "$SERVICES") || echo "No such service: $1"
-
-if [[ "$SERVICE" != "$1" ]]; then
-  echo "Expected one of these:"
-  echo "$SERVICES"
-  exit 1;
-fi;
-
-export COMM_TEST_SERVICES=1
-
-echo "${SERVICE} service will be tested"
-
-docker-compose build "${SERVICE}"-server
-docker-compose run "${SERVICE}"-server