diff --git a/docker-compose.dev.yml b/docker-compose.dev.yml
index 5fbfe5f8..99eda4a4 100644
--- a/docker-compose.dev.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.dev.yml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ services:
     command:
       - --development
       - --port=14000
+      - --dont-delete-pdfs
   snmp-collector:
     build:
       context: .
diff --git a/printer/server.py b/printer/server.py
index 4741a386..3f07bd12 100644
--- a/printer/server.py
+++ b/printer/server.py
@@ -56,6 +56,13 @@ def get_args() -> argparse.Namespace:
         default=False,
         help="specify if server should run in development. this means requests won't get sent to a printer but logger instead",
     )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--dont-delete-pdfs",
+        action="store_true",
+        default=False,
+        help="specify if server should delete pdfs after printing"
+    )
+    
     return parser.parse_args()
 
 
@@ -138,6 +145,9 @@ async def read_item(file: UploadFile = File(...), copies: str = Form(...), sides
             copies,
             sides=sides,
         )
+        if args.dont_delete_pdfs:
+          logging.info(f'--dont-delete-pdfs is set, skipping deletion of file {file_path}')
+          return "worked!"
         pathlib.Path(file_path).unlink()
         return "worked!"
     except Exception:
diff --git a/printer/test_server.py b/printer/test_server.py
index cc99527e..33d5e16c 100644
--- a/printer/test_server.py
+++ b/printer/test_server.py
@@ -1,19 +1,29 @@
+import importlib
 import io
 import os
 import unittest
 from unittest import mock
 
 from fastapi.testclient import TestClient
-from server import app
+
+import server
 
 
 class TestFastAPI(unittest.TestCase):
-    def setUp(self):
+    def load_server_with_args(self, argv=[]):
+        argv_to_use = ["server.py"]
+        argv_to_use.extend(argv)
+
         os.environ["RIGHT_PRINTER_NAME"] = "HP_P2015_DN"
-        self.client = TestClient(app)
+
+        with mock.patch("sys.argv", argv_to_use):
+            importlib.reload(server)
+
+        return TestClient(server.app)
 
     def test_health_check(self):
-        response = self.client.get("/healthcheck/printer")
+        client = self.load_server_with_args()
+        response = client.get("/healthcheck/printer")
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
         self.assertEqual(response.text, '"printer is up!"')
 
@@ -22,8 +32,9 @@ def test_health_check(self):
     @mock.patch("builtins.open", new_callable=mock.mock_open)
     @mock.patch("pathlib.Path.unlink")
     def test_print_endpoint(self, mock_pathlib_unlink, mock_open_func, mock_popen, _):
+        client = self.load_server_with_args()
         test_file = io.BytesIO(b"dummy file content")
-        response = self.client.post(
+        response = client.post(
             "/print",
             files={"file": ("test.txt", test_file, "text/plain")},
             data={"copies": "1", "sides": "one-sided"},
@@ -51,12 +62,50 @@ def test_print_endpoint(self, mock_pathlib_unlink, mock_open_func, mock_popen, _
 
         mock_pathlib_unlink.assert_called_once()
 
+    @mock.patch("server.uuid.uuid4", return_value="test-id")
+    @mock.patch("server.subprocess.Popen")
+    @mock.patch("builtins.open", new_callable=mock.mock_open)
+    @mock.patch("pathlib.Path.unlink")
+    def test_print_endpoint_dont_delete_pdf(
+        self, mock_pathlib_unlink, mock_open_func, mock_popen, _
+    ):
+        client = self.load_server_with_args(["--dont-delete-pdfs"])
+        test_file = io.BytesIO(b"dummy file content")
+        response = client.post(
+            "/print",
+            files={"file": ("test.txt", test_file, "text/plain")},
+            data={"copies": "1", "sides": "one-sided"},
+        )
+
+        self.assertEqual(response.status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(response.text, '"worked!"')
+
+        mock_open_func.assert_called_once_with("/tmp/test-id", "wb")
+
+        mock_open_func().write.assert_called_once()
+        self.assertEqual(
+            mock_open_func().write.call_args_list[0], mock.call(b"dummy file content")
+        )
+
+        mock_popen.assert_called_once()
+
+        self.assertEqual(
+            mock_popen.call_args_list[0],
+            mock.call(
+                "lp -n 1  -o sides=one-sided -o media=na_letter_8.5x11in -d HP_P2015_DN /tmp/test-id",
+                shell=True,
+            ),
+        )
+
+        mock_pathlib_unlink.assert_not_called()
+
     @mock.patch("server.subprocess.Popen")
     @mock.patch("builtins.open", side_effect=FileNotFoundError("sorry!"))
     @mock.patch("pathlib.Path.unlink")
-    def test_print_endpoint(self, mock_pathlib_unlink, _, mock_popen):
+    def test_print_endpoint_error(self, mock_pathlib_unlink, _, mock_popen):
+        client = self.load_server_with_args()
         test_file = io.BytesIO(b"dummy file content")
-        response = self.client.post(
+        response = client.post(
             "/print",
             files={"file": ("test.txt", test_file, "text/plain")},
             data={"copies": "1", "sides": "one-sided"},