diff --git a/test/e2e/common-manifests.yaml b/test/e2e/common-manifests.yaml
index 1f2c8285..a24a03bb 100644
--- a/test/e2e/common-manifests.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/common-manifests.yaml
@@ -3,13 +3,10 @@ kind: PersistentVolume
 metadata:
   name: kind-hostpath
 spec:
-  storageClassName: manual
   capacity:
     storage: 10Gi
   accessModes:
     - ReadWriteMany
-    - ReadOnlyMany
-    - ReadWriteOnce
   hostPath:
     path: /tmp/data
     type: DirectoryOrCreate
diff --git a/test/e2e/engine-vllm-pvc/pvc.yaml b/test/e2e/engine-vllm-pvc/pvc.yaml
index 64125a11..93e443c3 100644
--- a/test/e2e/engine-vllm-pvc/pvc.yaml
+++ b/test/e2e/engine-vllm-pvc/pvc.yaml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ spec:
   resources:
     requests:
       storage: 10Gi
-  volumeName: kind-hostpath
\ No newline at end of file
+  volumeName: kind-model-hostpath
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e/engine-vllm-pvc/test.sh b/test/e2e/engine-vllm-pvc/test.sh
index 30b73b5b..bcb2201c 100755
--- a/test/e2e/engine-vllm-pvc/test.sh
+++ b/test/e2e/engine-vllm-pvc/test.sh
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ models_release="kubeai-models"
 
 pip install -U "huggingface_hub[cli]"
 
-PV_HOST_PATH=/tmp/data
+PV_HOST_PATH=/tmp/model
 
 mkdir -p ${PV_HOST_PATH}
 
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@ catalog:
   opt-125m-cpu:
     enabled: true
     url: pvc://model-pvc
-    minReplicas: 1
+    minReplicas: 2
 EOF
 
 sleep 5
 
-curl http://localhost:8000/openai/v1/completions \
-  --max-time 900 \
-  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-  -d '{"model": "opt-125m-cpu", "prompt": "Who was the first president of the United States?", "max_tokens": 40}'
+for i in {1..10}; do
+  echo "Sending request $i"
+  curl http://localhost:8000/openai/v1/completions \
+    --max-time 600 \
+    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+    -d '{"model": "opt-125m-cpu", "prompt": "Who was the first president of the United States?", "max_tokens": 40}'
+done