diff --git a/test/e2e-tests-kind-prow.env b/test/e2e-tests-kind-prow.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2bee8990
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e-tests-kind-prow.env
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+SKIP_INITIALIZE=true
+KO_DOCKER_REPO=registry.local:5000
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/test/e2e-tests.sh b/test/e2e-tests.sh
index f0214f786..374332bb9 100755
--- a/test/e2e-tests.sh
+++ b/test/e2e-tests.sh
@@ -20,8 +20,14 @@
 source $(dirname $0)/e2e-common.sh
 # Script entry point.
 
-initialize $@
+# Setting defaults
 failed=0
+SKIP_INITIALIZE=${SKIP_INITIALIZE:="false"}
+
+
+if [ "${SKIP_INITIALIZE}" != "true" ]; then
+  initialize $@
+fi
 
 header "Setting up environment"
 install_pipeline_crd