diff --git a/deploy/bin/setup-ee.sh b/deploy/bin/setup-ee.sh
index ff7315ca..21a18898 100755
--- a/deploy/bin/setup-ee.sh
+++ b/deploy/bin/setup-ee.sh
@@ -152,6 +152,10 @@ if [[ "${DEPLOY_LOCAL_VERSION}" == "1" ]]; then
 
     # Use envsubst to replace the PERSISTENT_VOLUME_NAME, PERSISTENT_VOLUME_NAME in the local_persistent_volume.yaml template
     envsubst < deploy/k3s/local_persistent_volume.yaml > deploy/k3s/local_persistentvolume.yaml
+    $K apply -f deploy/k3s/local_persistentvolume.yaml
+    rm deploy/k3s/local_persistentvolume.yaml
+
+else
     # If environment variable EFS_VOLUME_ID is not set, exit
     if [[ -z "${EFS_VOLUME_ID}" ]]; then
         fail "EFS_VOLUME_ID environment variable not set"
diff --git a/test/validate_setup_ee.sh b/test/validate_setup_ee.sh
index c99d4ba2..d411c1a2 100755
--- a/test/validate_setup_ee.sh
+++ b/test/validate_setup_ee.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 # basic script to validate that setup_ee works as expected
 export DEPLOYMENT_NAMESPACE="validate-setup-ee"
 export INFERENCE_FLAVOR="CPU"
+export DEPLOY_LOCAL_VERSION="1"
+export EDGE_ENDPOINT_PORT="30107"
 
 kubectl create namespace $DEPLOYMENT_NAMESPACE
 ./deploy/bin/setup-ee.sh