diff --git a/scripts/ci_start_api_smoketest.sh b/scripts/ci_start_api_smoketest.sh
index b85befd491532352b95bf4c7c45742bf804e2de7..f8ec259dad235f04fd6998f67d3e7cb8efdbcb05 100755
--- a/scripts/ci_start_api_smoketest.sh
+++ b/scripts/ci_start_api_smoketest.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ pip3 install tox --user
 
 export HIVEMIND_ADDRESS=$1
 export HIVEMIND_PORT=$2
+export TAVERN_DIR="tests/tests_api/hivemind/tavern"
+
 echo Attempting to start tests on hivemind instance listeing on: $HIVEMIND_ADDRESS port: $HIVEMIND_PORT
 
 echo "Selected test group (if empty all will be executed): $3"
diff --git a/scripts/run_full_sync_tests.sh b/scripts/run_full_sync_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6ee55b47734cd6fc9019636cb1e3aff2ebab7d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_full_sync_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# script to run tavern tests for full sync hivemind node
+
+export TAVERN_DIR="tests/tests_api/hivemind/tavern_full_sync"
+
+SCRIPT=$(readlink -f "$0")
+
+$(dirname "$SCRIPT")/run_tests.sh "$@"
diff --git a/scripts/run_tests.sh b/scripts/run_tests.sh
index c7ac8e64ba9ddcde880fec6cb2e0cd1540cc5a16..76f16a96a6c5f99f840ddd7d2b52f9ebc46e1a71 100755
--- a/scripts/run_tests.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_tests.sh
@@ -63,7 +63,10 @@ pip3 install tox --user
 
 export HIVEMIND_ADDRESS=$1
 export HIVEMIND_PORT=$2
-
+if [ -z "$TAVERN_DIR" ]
+then
+  export TAVERN_DIR="tests/tests_api/hivemind/tavern"
+fi
 echo "Attempting to start tests on hivemind instance listening on: $HIVEMIND_ADDRESS port: $HIVEMIND_PORT"
 
 echo "Additional test options: ${@:3}"
diff --git a/tests/tests_api b/tests/tests_api
index 3f308b5d98b924cde5e33c65ae64ba96cb3c786d..3fce32b5084b2f51fdb9e8608ca1e49539b86aa9 160000
--- a/tests/tests_api
+++ b/tests/tests_api
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 3f308b5d98b924cde5e33c65ae64ba96cb3c786d
+Subproject commit 3fce32b5084b2f51fdb9e8608ca1e49539b86aa9
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f475a0aa96a3b70954e319a7fe560131bebcf2eb..76156712b924fe6d4e8d531d48fc938e77c78857 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ passenv =
   HIVEMIND_ADDRESS
   HIVEMIND_PORT
 
-changedir = tests/tests_api/hivemind/tavern
+changedir = {env:TAVERN_DIR}
 
 deps = 
   pytest