diff --git a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/weaviate/weaviate.py b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/weaviate/weaviate.py
index adcadbc29..d7b920229 100644
--- a/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/weaviate/weaviate.py
+++ b/llama_stack/providers/remote/vector_io/weaviate/weaviate.py
@@ -139,14 +139,22 @@ class WeaviateVectorIOAdapter(
         self.metadata_collection_name = "openai_vector_stores_metadata"
 
     def _get_client(self) -> weaviate.Client:
-        key = f"{self.config.weaviate_cluster_url}::{self.config.weaviate_api_key}"
-        if key in self.client_cache:
-            return self.client_cache[key]
-
-        client = weaviate.connect_to_weaviate_cloud(
-            cluster_url=self.config.weaviate_cluster_url,
-            auth_credentials=Auth.api_key(self.config.weaviate_api_key),
-        )
+        # if self.config.test_environment:
+        if True:
+            key = "local::test"
+            client = weaviate.connect_to_local(
+                host="localhost",
+                port="8080",
+            )
+        else:
+            key = f"{self.config.weaviate_cluster_url}::{self.config.weaviate_api_key}"
+            if key in self.client_cache:
+                return self.client_cache[key]
+            print(f"connecting with {self.config.weaviate_cluster_url} and key {self.config.weaviate_api_key}")
+            client = weaviate.connect_to_weaviate_cloud(
+                cluster_url=self.config.weaviate_cluster_url,
+                auth_credentials=Auth.api_key(self.config.weaviate_api_key),
+            )
         self.client_cache[key] = client
         return client