diff --git a/tests/integration/README.md b/tests/integration/README.md
index 00d8a4c10d..81c07ec50c 100644
--- a/tests/integration/README.md
+++ b/tests/integration/README.md
@@ -4,3 +4,34 @@ Contains end-to-end tests for automatic testing of OP.
 
 Should run headless publish on all hosts to check basic publish use cases automatically
 to limit regression issues.
+
+How to create test for publishing from host
+------------------------------------------
+- Extend PublishTest
+- Use `resources\test_data.zip` skeleton file as a template for testing input data
+- Put workfile into `test_data.zip/input/workfile`
+- If you require other than base DB dumps provide them to `test_data.zip/input/dumps`
+-- (Check commented code in `db_handler.py` how to dump specific DB. Currently all collections will be dumped.)
+- Implement `last_workfile_path` 
+- `startup_scripts` - must contain pointing host to startup script saved into `test_data.zip/input/startup`
+  -- Script must contain something like 
+```
+import openpype
+from avalon import api, HOST
+  
+api.install(HOST)
+pyblish.util.publish()
+
+EXIT_APP (command to exit host)
+```
+(Install and publish methods must be triggered only AFTER host app is fully initialized!)
+- Zip `test_data.zip`, named it with descriptive name, upload it to Google Drive, right click - `Get link`, copy hash id
+- Put this hash id and zip file name into TEST_FILES [(HASH_ID, FILE_NAME, MD5_OPTIONAL)]. If you want to check MD5 of downloaded 
+file, provide md5 value of zipped file.
+- Implement any assert checks you need in extended class
+- Run test class manually (via Pycharm or pytest runner (TODO))
+- If you want test to compare expected files to published one, set PERSIST to True, run test manually
+  -- Locate temporary `publish` subfolder of temporary folder (found in debugging console log)
+  -- Copy whole folder content into .zip file into `expected` subfolder 
+  -- By default tests are comparing only structure of `expected` and published format (eg. if you want to save space, replace published files with empty files, but with expected names!)
+  -- Zip and upload again, change PERSIST to False
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diff --git a/tests/integration/hosts/maya/test_publish_in_maya.py b/tests/integration/hosts/maya/test_publish_in_maya.py
index 86b26ba5e5..b9c63651f1 100644
--- a/tests/integration/hosts/maya/test_publish_in_maya.py
+++ b/tests/integration/hosts/maya/test_publish_in_maya.py
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ class TestPublishInMaya(PublishTest):
         Checks tmp folder if all expected files were published.
 
     """
+    PERSIST = True
+
     TEST_FILES = [
         ("1pOwjA_VVBc6ooTZyFxtAwLS2KZHaBlkY", "test_maya_publish.zip", "")
     ]
@@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ class TestPublishInMaya(PublishTest):
         """
         src_path = os.path.join(download_test_data,
                                 "input",
-                                "data",
+                                "workfile",
                                 "test_project_test_asset_TestTask_v001.mb")
         dest_folder = os.path.join(download_test_data,
                                    self.PROJECT,
diff --git a/tests/lib/testing_classes.py b/tests/lib/testing_classes.py
index 6c7bebd469..6cd3c10d3e 100644
--- a/tests/lib/testing_classes.py
+++ b/tests/lib/testing_classes.py
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ class BaseTest:
 class ModuleUnitTest(BaseTest):
     """Generic test class for testing modules
 
+        Use PERSIST==True to keep temporary folder and DB prepared for
+        debugging or preparation of test files.
+
         Implemented fixtures:
             monkeypatch_session - fixture for env vars with session scope
             download_test_data - tmp folder with extracted data from GDrive
@@ -29,6 +32,8 @@ class ModuleUnitTest(BaseTest):
             dbcon_openpype - returns DBConnection for OpenpypeMongoDB
 
     """
+    PERSIST = False  # True to not purge temporary folder nor test DB
+
     TEST_OPENPYPE_MONGO = "mongodb://localhost:27017"
     TEST_DB_NAME = "test_db"
     TEST_PROJECT_NAME = "test_project"
@@ -62,10 +67,12 @@ class ModuleUnitTest(BaseTest):
 
             if ext.lstrip('.') in RemoteFileHandler.IMPLEMENTED_ZIP_FORMATS:
                 RemoteFileHandler.unzip(os.path.join(tmpdir, file_name))
-
+            print("Temporary folder created:: {}".format(tmpdir))
             yield tmpdir
-            print("Removing {}".format(tmpdir))
-            shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
+
+            if not self.PERSIST:
+                print("Removing {}".format(tmpdir))
+                shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)
 
     @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
     def env_var(self, monkeypatch_session, download_test_data):
@@ -112,8 +119,9 @@ class ModuleUnitTest(BaseTest):
 
         yield db_handler
 
-        db_handler.teardown(self.TEST_DB_NAME)
-        db_handler.teardown(self.TEST_OPENPYPE_NAME)
+        if not self.PERSIST:
+            db_handler.teardown(self.TEST_DB_NAME)
+            db_handler.teardown(self.TEST_OPENPYPE_NAME)
 
     @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
     def dbcon(self, db_setup):
@@ -213,7 +221,7 @@ class PublishTest(ModuleUnitTest):
         yield application_manager.launch(self.APP_NAME, **data)
 
     @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
-    def publish_finished(self, dbcon, launched_app):
+    def publish_finished(self, dbcon, launched_app, download_test_data):
         """Dummy fixture waiting for publish to finish"""
         import time
         time_start = time.time()
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