diff --git a/cmd/integration-test/loader.go b/cmd/integration-test/loader.go
index 2c2beb4cd..8e5ea40ff 100644
--- a/cmd/integration-test/loader.go
+++ b/cmd/integration-test/loader.go
@@ -172,7 +172,14 @@ func (h *nonExistentTemplateList) Execute(nonExistingTemplateList string) error
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(router)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	_, err := testutils.RunNucleiBareArgsAndGetResults(debug, nil, "-target", ts.URL, "-template-url", ts.URL+"/404")
+	configFileData := `remote-template-domain: [ "` + ts.Listener.Addr().String() + `" ]`
+	err := os.WriteFile("test-config.yaml", []byte(configFileData), permissionutil.ConfigFilePermission)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer os.Remove("test-config.yaml")
+
+	_, err = testutils.RunNucleiBareArgsAndGetResults(debug, nil, "-target", ts.URL, "-template-url", ts.URL+"/404", "-config", "test-config.yaml")
 	if err == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("expected error for nonexisting workflow url")
 	}
@@ -188,7 +195,14 @@ func (h *nonExistentWorkflowList) Execute(nonExistingWorkflowList string) error
 	ts := httptest.NewServer(router)
 	defer ts.Close()
 
-	_, err := testutils.RunNucleiBareArgsAndGetResults(debug, nil, "-target", ts.URL, "-workflow-url", ts.URL+"/404")
+	configFileData := `remote-template-domain: [ "` + ts.Listener.Addr().String() + `" ]`
+	err := os.WriteFile("test-config.yaml", []byte(configFileData), permissionutil.ConfigFilePermission)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	defer os.Remove("test-config.yaml")
+
+	_, err = testutils.RunNucleiBareArgsAndGetResults(debug, nil, "-target", ts.URL, "-workflow-url", ts.URL+"/404", "-config", "test-config.yaml")
 	if err == nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("expected error for nonexisting workflow url")
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/testutils/integration.go b/pkg/testutils/integration.go
index 8b5a71b1a..8bd78a53b 100644
--- a/pkg/testutils/integration.go
+++ b/pkg/testutils/integration.go
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import (
 
 	"github.com/gobwas/ws"
 	"github.com/julienschmidt/httprouter"
+	"github.com/projectdiscovery/utils/conversion"
 )
 
 // ExtraArgs
@@ -74,9 +75,7 @@ func RunNucleiBareArgsAndGetResults(debug bool, env []string, extra ...string) (
 	if debug {
 		fmt.Println(string(data))
 	}
-	if len(data) < 1 && err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v: %v", err.Error(), string(data))
-	}
+	dataStr := conversion.String(data)
 	var parts []string
 	items := strings.Split(string(data), "\n")
 	for _, i := range items {
@@ -84,6 +83,11 @@ func RunNucleiBareArgsAndGetResults(debug bool, env []string, extra ...string) (
 			parts = append(parts, i)
 		}
 	}
+
+	if (dataStr == "" || len(parts) == 0) && err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("%v: %v", err.Error(), dataStr)
+	}
+
 	return parts, nil
 }