diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 647b765f..57413147 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -233,22 +233,16 @@ jobs:
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - name: Build something else
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
-        with:
-          tags: localhost/fnndsc/pman:dev
-          load: true
       - name: Run ChRIS backend integration tests
         uses: FNNDSC/ChRIS_ultron_backEnd@master
         # all inputs are optional
         with:
           engine: docker  # or podman
           command: test-integration  # or test-unit, ...
-        # optionally change image used for pman, pfcon, or cube
+        # optionally change image used for pfcon, or cube
         env:
           CUBE_IMAGE: localhost/fnndsc/cube:dev
           PFCON_IMAGE: localhost/fnndsc/pfcon:dev
-          PMAN_IMAGE: localhost/fnndsc/pman:dev
 ```
 
 ## Documentation
diff --git a/chris_backend/plugininstances/services/manager.py b/chris_backend/plugininstances/services/manager.py
index b7642b5d..985cf292 100644
--- a/chris_backend/plugininstances/services/manager.py
+++ b/chris_backend/plugininstances/services/manager.py
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ def delete_plugin_instance_job_from_remote(self):
         try:
             self._delete_job(job_id)
         except PfconRequestException as e:
-            if '404' in str(e):
+            if e.code == 404:
                 logger.error(f'Job {job_id} not found in remote fcon '
                              f'url -->{self.pfcon_client.url}<--, detail: {str(e)}')
                 if self.c_plugin_inst.error_code == 'CODE12':
diff --git a/chris_backend/plugininstances/tests/test_manager.py b/chris_backend/plugininstances/tests/test_manager.py
index 82f4f9c1..0f7afb43 100644
--- a/chris_backend/plugininstances/tests/test_manager.py
+++ b/chris_backend/plugininstances/tests/test_manager.py
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def test_mananger_can_check_plugin_instance_app_exec_status(self):
         #     }
         #     post_mock.assert_called_with(msg)
 
-    @tag('integration', 'error-pman')
+    @tag('integration', 'error-pfcon')
     def test_integration_mananger_can_run_and_check_plugin_instance_app_exec_status(self):
         """
         Test whether the manager can check a plugin's app execution status.
diff --git a/chris_backend/plugininstances/tests/test_views.py b/chris_backend/plugininstances/tests/test_views.py
index 3e8e757f..e0d9e341 100644
--- a/chris_backend/plugininstances/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/chris_backend/plugininstances/tests/test_views.py
@@ -672,7 +672,7 @@ def test_plugin_instance_detail_success(self):
         #     # check that the check_plugin_instance_exec_status task was called with appropriate args
         #     delay_mock.assert_called_with(self.pl_inst.id)
 
-    @tag('integration', 'error-pman')
+    @tag('integration', 'error-pfcon')
     def test_integration_plugin_instance_detail_success(self):
 
         # add an FS plugin to the system
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index a6ef9060..a7a6923c 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -124,46 +124,32 @@ services:
   pfcon:
     image: ${PFCON_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/fnndsc/pfcon:latest}
     environment:
-      COMPUTE_SERVICE_URL: http://pman:5010/api/v1/
       SECRET_KEY: secret
       PFCON_USER: pfcon
       PFCON_PASSWORD: pfcon1234
       PFCON_INNETWORK: "true"
       STORAGE_ENV: "fslink"
       STOREBASE_MOUNT: /var/local/storeBase
+      CONTAINER_ENV: docker
+      CONTAINER_USER: "${UID}:${GID}"
+      ENABLE_HOME_WORKAROUND: "yes"
+      JOB_LABELS: "org.chrisproject.miniChRIS=plugininstance"
+      REMOVE_JOBS: "yes"
     # port is hard-coded in chris_backend/config/settings/local.py
     command: gunicorn -b 0.0.0.0:30005 -w 8 -t 120 pfcon.wsgi:application
     ports:
       - "30005:30005"
     volumes:
       - chris_files:/var/local/storeBase
-    user: ${UID}:${GID}
+      - "${DOCKER_SOCK:-/var/run/docker.sock}:/var/run/docker.sock"
     networks:
       local:
         aliases:
           - pfcon.remote  # hard-coded in chris_backend/config/settings/local.py
+    userns_mode: "host"
     labels:
       org.chrisproject.role: "pfcon"
 
-  pman:
-    image: ${PMAN_IMAGE:-ghcr.io/fnndsc/pman:latest}
-    environment:
-      CONTAINER_ENV: docker
-      CONTAINER_USER: "${UID}:${GID}"
-      ENABLE_HOME_WORKAROUND: "yes"
-      JOB_LABELS: "org.chrisproject.miniChRIS=plugininstance"
-      SECRET_KEY: secret
-      REMOVE_JOBS: "yes"
-    volumes:
-      - "${DOCKER_SOCK:-/var/run/docker.sock}:/var/run/docker.sock"
-    depends_on:
-      - pfcon
-    ports:
-      - "5010:5010"
-    networks:
-      - local
-    userns_mode: "host"
-
   nats:
     image: docker.io/library/nats:2.10.20-alpine3.20
     ports:
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 509ffef4..f0f508dd 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ nuke: reap-plugin-instances (docker-compose '--profile=cube --profile=tools down
 
 # Remove all plugin instance containers.
 [group('(2) shutdown')]
-reap-plugin-instances: (docker-compose 'run --rm pman python -c' '''
+reap-plugin-instances: (docker-compose 'run --rm pfcon python -c' '''
         '
         import os
         import docker
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index 6999750e..bdbb9074 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ django-storage-swift==1.4.0
 celery==5.5.2
 django-celery-beat==2.8.1
 python-chrisstoreclient==1.0.0
-python-pfconclient==3.2.0
+python-pfconclient==3.3.0
 django-auth-ldap==5.2.0
 PyYAML==6.0.2
 whitenoise[brotli]==6.9.0