diff --git a/apps/studio/package.json b/apps/studio/package.json
index 9585425ca..503306a10 100644
--- a/apps/studio/package.json
+++ b/apps/studio/package.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "serve": "vue-cli-service serve",
     "test:unit": "TEST_MODE=1 ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 yarn electron ../../node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js",
-    "test:integration": "TEST_MODE=1 ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1 yarn electron ../../node_modules/jest/bin/jest.js --config ./jest.integration.config.js",
     "lint": "vue-cli-service lint",
     "electron:build": "vue-cli-service electron:build",
     "electron:serve": "vue-cli-service electron:serve --host localhost --ozone-platform-hint=auto",
diff --git a/apps/studio/src/lib/db/clients/oracle.ts b/apps/studio/src/lib/db/clients/oracle.ts
index 8b622aa72..554569fbe 100644
--- a/apps/studio/src/lib/db/clients/oracle.ts
+++ b/apps/studio/src/lib/db/clients/oracle.ts
@@ -491,15 +491,18 @@ export class OracleClient extends BasicDatabaseClient<DriverResult> {
   async connect() {
 
     const cliLocation = this.platformPath(this.server.config.instantClientLocation)
-
     // https://oracle.github.io/node-oracledb/doc/api.html#-152-optional-oracle-net-configuration
     const configLocation = this.platformPath(this.server.config.oracleConfigLocation)
 
+    console.log("Connecting to oracle")
+    console.log("CLI LOCATION", cliLocation)
+
     try {
       const payload = {}
       if (cliLocation) payload['libDir'] = cliLocation
       if (configLocation) payload['configDir'] = configLocation
-      oracle.initOracleClient(payload)
+      // oracle.initOracleClient(payload)
+      oracle.initOracleClient()
       oracle.fetchAsString = [oracle.CLOB]
       oracle.fetchAsBuffer = [oracle.BLOB]
     } catch {
@@ -529,9 +532,9 @@ export class OracleClient extends BasicDatabaseClient<DriverResult> {
         poolMax: 4,
       }
     }
-
+    console.log("MAKING POOL")
     this.pool = await oracle.createPool(poolConfig)
-
+    console.log("POOL MADE")
     const vSQL = `
     SELECT BANNER as BANNER FROM v$version
     WHERE BANNER LIKE 'Oracle%';
diff --git a/apps/studio/tests/integration/lib/db/clients/oracle.spec.js b/apps/studio/tests/integration/lib/db/clients/oracle.spec.js
index 22b15e914..38c39f5cb 100644
--- a/apps/studio/tests/integration/lib/db/clients/oracle.spec.js
+++ b/apps/studio/tests/integration/lib/db/clients/oracle.spec.js
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ describe("Oracle Tests", () => {
 
   beforeAll(async () => {
     // this is the testcontainers default startup wait time.
+    console.log("ENV/ORACLE CLI: ", process.env['ORACLE_CLI_PATH'])
+    console.log("ENV/LD_LIBRARY_PATH: ", process.env['LD_LIBRARY_PATH'])
     const timeoutDefault = 120000
     jest.setTimeout(timeoutDefault)
     const localDir = path.resolve('./tests/docker/oracle_init')
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ describe("Oracle Tests", () => {
       client: 'oracle',
       host: container.getHost(),
       port: container.getMappedPort(1521),
+      instantClientLocation: process.env['ORACLE_CLI_PATH'],
       user: 'beekeeper',
       password: 'password',
       serviceName: 'BEEKEEPER',
@@ -46,6 +49,7 @@ describe("Oracle Tests", () => {
         connectionMethod: 'manual'
       }
     }
+    console.log("connecting with config", config)
     util = new DBTestUtil(config, "BEEKEEPER", { defaultSchema: 'BEEKEEPER', dialect: 'oracle' })
     await util.setupdb()
 
diff --git a/bin/get-instant-client.sh b/bin/get-instant-client.sh
index caa4ff03c..1b82181cb 100755
--- a/bin/get-instant-client.sh
+++ b/bin/get-instant-client.sh
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ then
 else
   wget -q -O cli.zip \
     https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/linux/instantclient/216000/instantclient-basic-linux.x64-21.6.0.0.0dbru.zip
-
+  # wget -q -O cli.zip \
+  #   https://download.oracle.com/otn_software/linux/instantclient/23c/instantclient-basic-linux.x64-23.3.0.0.0.zip
   rm -rf $LOCATION/*
   unzip cli.zip -d $LOCATION
 fi
diff --git a/bin/integration-tests.sh b/bin/integration-tests.sh
index e12badf0d..9aacbe4c7 100755
--- a/bin/integration-tests.sh
+++ b/bin/integration-tests.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ LOCATION="$BASE/.instant"
 
 eval "$BINBASE/get-instant-client.sh '$LOCATION'"
 
-export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$LOCATION/instantclient_21_6"
+export ORACLE_CLI_PATH="$LOCATION/instantclient_21_6/"
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$ORACLE_CLI_PATH"
 export ELECTRON_RUN_AS_NODE=1
 export TEST_MODE=1
 
diff --git a/docs/user_guide/connecting/oracle-database.md b/docs/user_guide/connecting/oracle-database.md
index 122f6aec3..980a064fa 100644
--- a/docs/user_guide/connecting/oracle-database.md
+++ b/docs/user_guide/connecting/oracle-database.md
@@ -11,7 +11,16 @@ There are a number of ways you can connect to an Oracle database using Beekeeper
 2. TSA alias
 3. Host and port
 
-## First set Oracle Instant Client location
+## Prerequisites
+
+### Linux: Install libaio
+
+```bash
+sudo apt-get install libaio1 libaio-dev #debian/ubuntu
+sudo yum install libaio #redhat/fedora
+```
+
+### Download Oracle Instant Client
 
 Before you can connect to Oracle at all you need to tell Beekeeper where on your computer the Oracle Instant Client libraries are stored. This is a downloadable set of files provided by Oracle.