diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 13f9a48c0..d1923e473 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -43,9 +43,15 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           perl -pi \
           -e 's/"csp.middleware.CSPMiddleware",/$&"registrar.tests.common.MockUserLogin",/' \
-          src/registrar/config/settings.py
+          /registrar/config/settings.py
 
-      - name: Accessibility Scan
+      - name: Start container
         working-directory: ./src
         # leverage the docker compose setup that we already have for local development
-        run: docker compose run pa11y npm run pa11y-ci
+        run: docker compose up -d 
+
+      - name: run pa11y
+        working-directory: ./src
+        run: |
+          npm i -g pa11y-ci
+          pa11y-ci 
diff --git a/src/.pa11yci b/src/.pa11yci
index ce70e8537..1c6e245a1 100644
--- a/src/.pa11yci
+++ b/src/.pa11yci
@@ -1,22 +1,28 @@
 {
+    "defaults": {
+        "concurrency": 1,
+        "timeout": 10000,
+        "hideElements": "a[href='/whoami/']"
+
+    },
     "urls": [
-        "http://app:8080/",
-        "http://app:8080/health/",
-        "http://app:8080/whoami/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/organization/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/org_federal/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/org_election/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/org_contact/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/authorizing_official/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/current_sites/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/dotgov_domain/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/purpose/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/your_contact/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/other_contacts/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/anything_else/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/requirements/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/review/",
-        "http://app:8080/register/finished/"
+        "http://localhost:8080/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/health/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/whoami/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/organization/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/org_federal/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/org_election/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/org_contact/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/authorizing_official/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/current_sites/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/dotgov_domain/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/purpose/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/your_contact/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/other_contacts/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/anything_else/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/requirements/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/review/",
+        "http://localhost:8080/register/finished/"
     ]
 }