diff --git a/integration_tests/bin/blockstack-browser-test-mode.sh b/integration_tests/bin/blockstack-browser-test-mode.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# launcher for browser/portal
+
+PORTAL_DIR='/tmp/blockstack-portal'
+if ! [ -d "$PORTAL_DIR" ]; then 
+   echo ""
+   echo "Missing $PORTAL_DIR"
+   echo "Please make sure Blockstack Browser is available in that directory"
+   echo "(https://github.com/blockstack/blockstack-browser)"
+   echo ""
+   exit 1
+fi
+
+TEST_PID=
+DEV_PROXY_PID=
+
+# start environment 
+export BLOCKSTACK_TEST_CLIENT_RPC_PORT=6270
+
+blockstack-test-scenario --interactive-web 3001 blockstack_integration_tests.scenarios.portal_empty_namespace 2>&1 | tee portal_test.log &
+TEST_PID=$!
+
+# wait for it to begin serving 
+while true; do
+   curl http://localhost:3001 >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+   if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+      break
+   else
+      sleep 1
+   fi
+done
+
+pushd "$PORTAL_DIR" >/dev/null
+
+echo ""
+echo "Starting Browser CORS proxy"
+echo ""
+npm run dev-proxy 2>&1 | tee "$PORTAL_DIR/cors-proxy.log" &
+DEV_PROXY_PID=$!
+
+sleep 5
+
+echo ""
+echo "Starting Blockstack Browser"
+echo ""
+npm run dev
+
+echo ""
+echo "Test framework control panel at http://localhost:3001"
+echo "Blockstack Browser at http://localhost:3000"
+
+popd
+
+echo "cleaning up"
+
+if [ -n "$TEST_PID" ]; then
+    kill "$TEST_PID"
+fi
+if [ -n "$DEV_PROXY_PID" ]; then 
+    kill "$DEV_PROXY_PID"
+fi