diff --git a/.env.test b/.env.test
index 4911719..9a4d7ef 100644
--- a/.env.test
+++ b/.env.test
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 DATABASE_URL="sqlite:///%kernel.project_dir%/typesense-test.db"
 APP_SECRET=460c14d1f74aeb10cffae741fcaaddac773b3260
-APP_ENV=test
\ No newline at end of file
+APP_ENV=test
+TYPESENSE_API_KEY=xyz
+TYPESENSE_URL="http://127.0.0.1:8108"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yaml b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yaml
index 9028f9e..8845414 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/coding-standards.yaml
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - "main"
-
 jobs:
   conventional-commits:
     name: "conventional-commits"
@@ -36,6 +35,18 @@ jobs:
             php-version: "8.2"
           - composer-versions: "lowest"
             php-version: "8.4"
+
+    services:
+      typesense:
+        image: typesense/typesense:28.0
+        ports:
+          - 8108:8108/tcp
+        volumes:
+          - /tmp/typesense-server-data:/data
+        env:
+          TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR: /data
+          TYPESENSE_API_KEY: xyz
+          TYPESENSE_ENABLE_CORS: true
     steps:
       - name: "Checkout"
         uses: "actions/checkout@v4"
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 7305b13..379ee31 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -8,18 +8,25 @@ services:
     tty: true
     environment:
       - PHP_IDE_CONFIG=serverName=typesensebundle
+      - TYPESENSE_URL=http://typesense:8108
+      - TYPESENSE_API_KEY=xyz
     extra_hosts:
       - host.docker.internal:host-gateway
     networks:
       - default
-#  typesense:
-#      image: typesense/typesense:27.1
-#      restart: on-failure
-#      ports:
-#        - 8983
-#        - "9908:8108"
-#      volumes:
-#        - searchdata:/data
-#      command: '--data-dir /data --api-key=xyz --enable-cors'
+  typesense:
+    healthcheck:
+      test: ["CMD", "curl", "-f", "http://localhost:8108/health"]
+    links:
+      - php
+    image: typesense/typesense:28.0
+    restart: on-failure
+    volumes:
+      - typesense-server-data:/data
+    environment:
+      TYPESENSE_DATA_DIR: /data
+      TYPESENSE_API_KEY: xyz
+      TYPESENSE_ENABLE_CORS: true
 volumes:
   searchdata:
+  typesense-server-data:
diff --git a/src/Client/ClientSingletonFactory.php b/src/Client/ClientSingletonFactory.php
index 70ed929..628dc63 100644
--- a/src/Client/ClientSingletonFactory.php
+++ b/src/Client/ClientSingletonFactory.php
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ private function getConfiguration(): array
         return array_merge($this->defaultConfig, $config);
     }
 
-    public function getClient(): HttpClient
+    protected function getClient(): HttpClient
     {
         $client = $this->httpClient ?? (new Psr18ClientDiscovery())->find();
 
diff --git a/tests/RealInstanceTest.php b/tests/RealInstanceTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2c7350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/RealInstanceTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Biblioverse\TypesenseBundle\Tests;
+
+use Biblioverse\TypesenseBundle\Client\ClientInterface;
+use Biblioverse\TypesenseBundle\Client\ClientSingletonFactory;
+use Http\Discovery\Psr18ClientDiscovery;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\TestCase;
+use Typesense\Exceptions\ConfigError;
+
+class RealInstanceTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @throws ConfigError
+     */
+    protected function getClient(): ?ClientInterface
+    {
+        $httpClient = (new Psr18ClientDiscovery())->find();
+
+        /** @var string|null $url */
+        $url = $_ENV['TYPESENSE_URL'] ?? null;
+        /** @var string|null $apiKey */
+        $apiKey = $_ENV['TYPESENSE_API_KEY'] ?? null;
+
+        if ($url === null || $apiKey === null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        $clientSingletonFactory = new ClientSingletonFactory($url, $apiKey, $httpClient);
+
+        return $clientSingletonFactory->__invoke();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @throws \Exception
+     */
+    public function testCanRetrieveMetrics(): void
+    {
+        $client = $this->getClient();
+        if (!$client instanceof ClientInterface) {
+            $this->markTestSkipped('env TYPESENSE_URL or TYPESENSE_API_KEY not provided');
+        }
+
+        $returnData = $client->getMetrics()->retrieve();
+        $this->assertArrayHasKey('system_memory_used_bytes', $returnData);
+    }
+}