diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index fb42543..2f0f6bf 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import { TimedApiBasedRepositoryLoader } from "./loaders/TimedApiBasedRepository
 import { ETANotificationScheduler } from "./notifications/schedulers/ETANotificationScheduler";
 import { configDotenv } from "dotenv";
 import { loadTestData } from "./loaders/loadTestData";
+import { AppleNotificationSender } from "./notifications/senders/AppleNotificationSender";
 
 configDotenv();
 
@@ -24,7 +25,8 @@ async function main() {
   let notificationService: ETANotificationScheduler;
   if (process.argv.length > 2 && process.argv[2] == "integration-testing") {
     await loadTestData(repository);
-    notificationService = new ETANotificationScheduler(repository, false);
+    const appleNotificationSender = new AppleNotificationSender(false);
+    notificationService = new ETANotificationScheduler(repository, appleNotificationSender);
   } else {
     const repositoryDataUpdater = new TimedApiBasedRepositoryLoader(
       repository
@@ -32,7 +34,6 @@ async function main() {
     await repositoryDataUpdater.start();
     notificationService = new ETANotificationScheduler(repository);
   }
-  notificationService.reloadAPNsTokenIfTimePassed();
 
   const { url } = await startStandaloneServer(server, {
     listen: {
diff --git a/src/notifications/schedulers/ETANotificationScheduler.ts b/src/notifications/schedulers/ETANotificationScheduler.ts
index ac63f5c..4ccf110 100644
--- a/src/notifications/schedulers/ETANotificationScheduler.ts
+++ b/src/notifications/schedulers/ETANotificationScheduler.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 import { GetterRepository } from "../../repositories/GetterRepository";
-import jwt from "jsonwebtoken";
-import fs from "fs";
 import { TupleKey } from "../../types/TupleKey";
 import { IEta } from "../../entities/entities";
-import http2 from "http2";
 import { AppleNotificationSender, NotificationAlertArguments } from "../senders/AppleNotificationSender";
 
 export interface ScheduledNotificationData {
@@ -16,7 +13,6 @@ export class ETANotificationScheduler {
   public readonly secondsThresholdForNotificationToFire = 180;
 
   constructor(private repository: GetterRepository,
-              private shouldActuallySendNotifications = true,
               private appleNotificationSender = new AppleNotificationSender()
   ) {
     this.etaSubscriberCallback = this.etaSubscriberCallback.bind(this);
@@ -35,10 +31,6 @@ export class ETANotificationScheduler {
   private deviceIdsToDeliverTo: { [key: string]: Set<string> } = {}
 
   private async sendEtaNotificationImmediately(notificationData: ScheduledNotificationData): Promise<boolean> {
-    if (!this.shouldActuallySendNotifications) {
-      return true;  // pretend that the notification sent
-    }
-
     const { deviceId, shuttleId, stopId } = notificationData;
 
     const shuttle = await this.repository.getShuttleById(shuttleId);
diff --git a/src/notifications/senders/AppleNotificationSender.ts b/src/notifications/senders/AppleNotificationSender.ts
index 7d358b1..80c6f2a 100644
--- a/src/notifications/senders/AppleNotificationSender.ts
+++ b/src/notifications/senders/AppleNotificationSender.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ export class AppleNotificationSender {
   private apnsToken: string | undefined = undefined;
   private _lastRefreshedTimeMs: number | undefined = undefined;
 
+  constructor(private shouldActuallySendNotifications = true) {
+  }
+
   get lastRefreshedTimeMs(): number | undefined {
     return this._lastRefreshedTimeMs;
   }
@@ -64,6 +67,11 @@ export class AppleNotificationSender {
    * notification was sent successfully.
    */
   public async sendNotificationImmediately(deviceId: string, notificationAlertArguments: NotificationAlertArguments) {
+    if (!this.shouldActuallySendNotifications) {
+      // pretend that the notification sent
+      return true;
+    }
+
     this.reloadAPNsTokenIfTimePassed();
 
     const bundleId = process.env.APNS_BUNDLE_ID;