diff --git a/core/http/admission_handler_test.go b/core/http/admission_handler_test.go
index 77ec65da0..6a0a2201d 100644
--- a/core/http/admission_handler_test.go
+++ b/core/http/admission_handler_test.go
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
-	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/labstack/echo/v4"
 	corebackend "github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/backend"
 	"github.com/mudler/LocalAI/core/services/nodes"
+	. "github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2"
+	. "github.com/onsi/gomega"
 )
 
-func TestApplyBackendAdmission(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("maps BackendAdmissionError to 429 with Retry-After", func(t *testing.T) {
+var _ = Describe("Backend admission", func() {
+	It("maps BackendAdmissionError to 429 with Retry-After", func() {
 		e := echo.New()
 		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", nil)
 		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
@@ -23,61 +24,47 @@ func TestApplyBackendAdmission(t *testing.T) {
 		err := &corebackend.BackendAdmissionError{Limit: 4, RetryAfter: 3 * time.Second}
 		code := applyBackendAdmission(err, http.StatusInternalServerError, c)
 
-		if code != http.StatusTooManyRequests {
-			t.Fatalf("expected 429, got %d", code)
-		}
-		if got := rec.Header().Get("Retry-After"); got != "3" {
-			t.Fatalf("expected Retry-After 3, got %q", got)
-		}
+		Expect(code).To(Equal(http.StatusTooManyRequests))
+		Expect(rec.Header().Get("Retry-After")).To(Equal("3"))
 	})
 
-	t.Run("passes through non-admission errors unchanged", func(t *testing.T) {
+	It("passes through non-admission errors unchanged", func() {
 		e := echo.New()
 		req := httptest.NewRequest(http.MethodPost, "/", nil)
 		rec := httptest.NewRecorder()
 		c := e.NewContext(req, rec)
 
 		code := applyBackendAdmission(errors.New("some other error"), http.StatusInternalServerError, c)
-		if code != http.StatusInternalServerError {
-			t.Fatalf("expected 500, got %d", code)
-		}
-		if got := rec.Header().Get("Retry-After"); got != "" {
-			t.Fatalf("expected no Retry-After, got %q", got)
-		}
+		Expect(code).To(Equal(http.StatusInternalServerError))
+		Expect(rec.Header().Get("Retry-After")).To(BeEmpty())
 	})
-}
+})
 
-func TestApplyNoAvailableNodes(t *testing.T) {
-	t.Run("maps ErrNoAvailableNodes to 503", func(t *testing.T) {
+var _ = Describe("No available nodes", func() {
+	It("maps ErrNoAvailableNodes to 503", func() {
 		// The scheduler wraps the sentinel in fmt.Errorf chains and via
 		// errors.Join — errors.Is must still find it.
 		wrapped := fmt.Errorf("routing model foo: %w",
 			fmt.Errorf("no available nodes: %w",
 				fmt.Errorf("no healthy nodes available: %w",
-						errors.Join(nodes.ErrEvictionBusy, nodes.ErrNoAvailableNodes))))
+					errors.Join(nodes.ErrEvictionBusy, nodes.ErrNoAvailableNodes))))
 
 		code := applyNoAvailableNodes(wrapped, http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		if code != http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
-			t.Fatalf("expected 503, got %d", code)
-		}
+		Expect(code).To(Equal(http.StatusServiceUnavailable))
 	})
 
-	t.Run("maps selector-mismatch chain to 503", func(t *testing.T) {
+	It("maps selector-mismatch chain to 503", func() {
 		wrapped := fmt.Errorf("routing model bar: %w",
 			fmt.Errorf("no available nodes: %w",
 				fmt.Errorf("no healthy nodes match selector for model bar: {\"gpu.vendor\":\"tpu\"}: %w",
 					nodes.ErrNoAvailableNodes)))
 
 		code := applyNoAvailableNodes(wrapped, http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		if code != http.StatusServiceUnavailable {
-			t.Fatalf("expected 503, got %d", code)
-		}
+		Expect(code).To(Equal(http.StatusServiceUnavailable))
 	})
 
-	t.Run("passes through unrelated errors unchanged", func(t *testing.T) {
+	It("passes through unrelated errors unchanged", func() {
 		code := applyNoAvailableNodes(errors.New("database timeout"), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		if code != http.StatusInternalServerError {
-			t.Fatalf("expected 500, got %d", code)
-		}
+		Expect(code).To(Equal(http.StatusInternalServerError))
 	})
-}
+})