diff --git a/ai-hub/integration_tests/test_file_sync.py b/ai-hub/integration_tests/test_file_sync.py
index 7e344fa..4d8c3a1 100644
--- a/ai-hub/integration_tests/test_file_sync.py
+++ b/ai-hub/integration_tests/test_file_sync.py
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@
 
 Environment assumptions
 -----------------------
-  BASE_URL   http://127.0.0.1:8001   (set by conftest.py)
+  BASE_URL   http://127.0.0.1:8000   (inside container) or http://192.168.68.113 (from outside)
   NODE_1     test-node-1
   NODE_2     test-node-2
-  USER_ID    integration_tester_sync (auto-provisioned if absent)
+  USER_ID    SYNC_TEST_USER_ID env var (required for node access checks)
   TIMEOUT    10 s for small files, 60 s for 20 MB files
 """
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 
 # ── Configuration ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 BASE_URL = os.getenv("SYNC_TEST_BASE_URL", "http://127.0.0.1:8001")
-USER_ID  = "integration_tester_sync"
+USER_ID  = os.getenv("SYNC_TEST_USER_ID", "integration_tester_sync")
 NODE_1   = os.getenv("SYNC_TEST_NODE1", "test-node-1")
 NODE_2   = os.getenv("SYNC_TEST_NODE2", "test-node-2")
 
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@
 LARGE_FILE_SIZE_MB   = 20
 POLL_INTERVAL        = 0.5  # seconds
 
-# Paths (note: the test server mounts routes with no /api/v1 prefix)
-SESSIONS_PATH = "/sessions"
-NODES_PATH    = "/nodes"
+# Paths — production mounts under /api/v1/
+SESSIONS_PATH = "/api/v1/sessions"
+NODES_PATH    = "/api/v1/nodes"
 
 
 # ── Module-level: skip the whole file if nodes are not online ──────────────────