diff --git a/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/collect_render.py b/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
index bb199a61f7..d444ead6dc 100644
--- a/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
+++ b/openpype/hosts/aftereffects/plugins/publish/collect_render.py
@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ class CollectAERender(publish.AbstractCollectRender):
                 attachTo=False,
                 setMembers='',
                 publish=True,
-                renderer='aerender',
                 name=subset_name,
                 resolutionWidth=render_q.width,
                 resolutionHeight=render_q.height,
@@ -113,7 +112,6 @@ class CollectAERender(publish.AbstractCollectRender):
                 frameStart=frame_start,
                 frameEnd=frame_end,
                 frameStep=1,
-                toBeRenderedOn='deadline',
                 fps=fps,
                 app_version=app_version,
                 publish_attributes=inst.data.get("publish_attributes", {}),
@@ -138,6 +136,9 @@ class CollectAERender(publish.AbstractCollectRender):
                 fam = "render.farm"
                 if fam not in instance.families:
                     instance.families.append(fam)
+                instance.toBeRenderedOn = "deadline"
+                instance.renderer = "aerender"
+                instance.farm = True  # to skip integrate
 
             instances.append(instance)
             instances_to_remove.append(inst)
diff --git a/openpype/pipeline/publish/abstract_collect_render.py b/openpype/pipeline/publish/abstract_collect_render.py
index 2e537227c3..ccb2415346 100644
--- a/openpype/pipeline/publish/abstract_collect_render.py
+++ b/openpype/pipeline/publish/abstract_collect_render.py
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ class RenderInstance(object):
 
     family = attr.ib(default="renderlayer")
     families = attr.ib(default=["renderlayer"])  # list of families
+    # True if should be rendered on farm, eg not integrate
+    farm = attr.ib(default=False)
 
     # format settings
     multipartExr = attr.ib(default=False)  # flag for multipart exrs
diff --git a/tests/integration/hosts/aftereffects/test_publish_in_aftereffects_multiframe.py b/tests/integration/hosts/aftereffects/test_publish_in_aftereffects_multiframe.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c882e0f9b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/integration/hosts/aftereffects/test_publish_in_aftereffects_multiframe.py
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import logging
+
+from tests.lib.assert_classes import DBAssert
+from tests.integration.hosts.aftereffects.lib import AfterEffectsTestClass
+
+log = logging.getLogger("test_publish_in_aftereffects")
+
+
+class TestPublishInAfterEffects(AfterEffectsTestClass):
+    """Basic test case for publishing in AfterEffects
+
+    Should publish 5 frames
+    """
+    PERSIST = True
+
+    TEST_FILES = [
+        ("12aSDRjthn4X3yw83gz_0FZJcRRiVDEYT",
+         "test_aftereffects_publish_multiframe.zip",
+         "")
+    ]
+
+    APP = "aftereffects"
+    APP_VARIANT = ""
+
+    APP_NAME = "{}/{}".format(APP, APP_VARIANT)
+
+    TIMEOUT = 120  # publish timeout
+
+    def test_db_asserts(self, dbcon, publish_finished):
+        """Host and input data dependent expected results in DB."""
+        print("test_db_asserts")
+        failures = []
+
+        failures.append(DBAssert.count_of_types(dbcon, "version", 2))
+
+        failures.append(
+            DBAssert.count_of_types(dbcon, "version", 0, name={"$ne": 1}))
+
+        failures.append(
+            DBAssert.count_of_types(dbcon, "subset", 1,
+                                    name="imageMainBackgroundcopy"))
+
+        failures.append(
+            DBAssert.count_of_types(dbcon, "subset", 1,
+                                    name="workfileTest_task"))
+
+        failures.append(
+            DBAssert.count_of_types(dbcon, "subset", 1,
+                                    name="reviewTesttask"))
+
+        failures.append(
+            DBAssert.count_of_types(dbcon, "representation", 4))
+
+        additional_args = {"context.subset": "renderTestTaskDefault",
+                           "context.ext": "png"}
+        failures.append(
+            DBAssert.count_of_types(dbcon, "representation", 1,
+                                    additional_args=additional_args))
+
+        assert not any(failures)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    test_case = TestPublishInAfterEffects()
diff --git a/tests/lib/testing_classes.py b/tests/lib/testing_classes.py
index f991f02227..2b4d7deb48 100644
--- a/tests/lib/testing_classes.py
+++ b/tests/lib/testing_classes.py
@@ -314,30 +314,22 @@ class PublishTest(ModuleUnitTest):
 
             Compares only presence, not size nor content!
         """
-        published_dir_base = download_test_data
-        published_dir = os.path.join(output_folder_url,
-                                     self.PROJECT,
-                                     self.ASSET,
-                                     self.TASK,
-                                     "**")
-        expected_dir_base = os.path.join(published_dir_base,
+        published_dir_base = output_folder_url
+        expected_dir_base = os.path.join(download_test_data,
                                          "expected")
-        expected_dir = os.path.join(expected_dir_base,
-                                    self.PROJECT,
-                                    self.ASSET,
-                                    self.TASK,
-                                    "**")
-        print("Comparing published:'{}' : expected:'{}'".format(published_dir,
-                                                                expected_dir))
-        published = set(f.replace(published_dir_base, '') for f in
-                        glob.glob(published_dir, recursive=True) if
-                        f != published_dir_base and os.path.exists(f))
-        expected = set(f.replace(expected_dir_base, '') for f in
-                       glob.glob(expected_dir, recursive=True) if
-                       f != expected_dir_base and os.path.exists(f))
 
-        not_matched = expected.difference(published)
-        assert not not_matched, "Missing {} files".format(not_matched)
+        print("Comparing published:'{}' : expected:'{}'".format(
+            published_dir_base, expected_dir_base))
+        published = set(f.replace(published_dir_base, '') for f in
+                        glob.glob(published_dir_base + "\\**", recursive=True)
+                        if f != published_dir_base and os.path.exists(f))
+        expected = set(f.replace(expected_dir_base, '') for f in
+                       glob.glob(expected_dir_base + "\\**", recursive=True)
+                       if f != expected_dir_base and os.path.exists(f))
+
+        not_matched = expected.symmetric_difference(published)
+        assert not not_matched, "Missing {} files".format(
+            "\n".join(sorted(not_matched)))
 
 
 class HostFixtures(PublishTest):