diff --git a/tools/test/bin/onos-config b/tools/test/bin/onos-config
index 6c9ad04..d1f6e89 100755
--- a/tools/test/bin/onos-config
+++ b/tools/test/bin/onos-config
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 export ONOS_BOOT_FEATURES="${ONOS_BOOT_FEATURES:-webconsole,onos-api,onos-core,onos-incubator,onos-cli,onos-rest,onos-gui}"
 
 # ONOS builtin apps and providers ignited by default
-export ONOS_APPS="${ONOS_APPS:-drivers,openflow}"
+export ONOS_APPS="${ONOS_APPS:-gui,drivers,openflow}"
 
 ssh -tt $remote "
     echo \"onos.ip = \$(sudo ifconfig | grep $ONOS_NIC | cut -d: -f2 | cut -d\\  -f1)\" \