diff --git a/localtests/test.sh b/localtests/test.sh
index c0b97a5..8bbcf6f 100755
--- a/localtests/test.sh
+++ b/localtests/test.sh
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ test_single() {
     --throttle-query='select timestampdiff(second, min(last_update), now()) < 5 from _gh_ost_test_ghc' \
     --serve-socket-file=/tmp/gh-ost.test.sock \
     --initially-drop-socket-file \
-    --postpone-cut-over-flag-file="" \
+    --postpone-cut-over-flag-file=/tmp/gh-ost.test.postpone.flag \
     --test-on-replica \
     --default-retries=1 \
     --verbose \