diff --git a/pkg/source/sqs/sqs_source.go b/pkg/source/sqs/sqs_source.go
index cd87c27e..31b511e6 100644
--- a/pkg/source/sqs/sqs_source.go
+++ b/pkg/source/sqs/sqs_source.go
@@ -121,10 +121,20 @@ var ConfigPair = config.ConfigurationPair{
 // newSQSSourceWithInterfaces allows you to provide an SQS client directly to allow
 // for mocking and localstack usage
 func newSQSSourceWithInterfaces(client sqsiface.SQSAPI, awsAccountID string, concurrentWrites int, region string, queueName string) (*sqsSource, error) {
+
+	urlResult, err := client.GetQueueUrl(&sqs.GetQueueUrlInput{
+		QueueName: aws.String(queueName),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to get SQS queue URL")
+	}
+
 	// Ensures as even as possible distribution of UUIDs
 	uuid.EnableRandPool()
+
 	return &sqsSource{
 		client:             client,
+		queueURL:           *urlResult.QueueUrl,
 		queueName:          queueName,
 		concurrentWrites:   concurrentWrites,
 		region:             region,
@@ -139,14 +149,6 @@ func newSQSSourceWithInterfaces(client sqsiface.SQSAPI, awsAccountID string, con
 func (ss *sqsSource) Read(sf *sourceiface.SourceFunctions) error {
 	ss.log.Info("Reading messages from queue ...")
 
-	urlResult, err := ss.client.GetQueueUrl(&sqs.GetQueueUrlInput{
-		QueueName: aws.String(ss.queueName),
-	})
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.Wrap(err, "Failed to get SQS queue URL")
-	}
-	ss.queueURL = *urlResult.QueueUrl
-
 	throttle := make(chan struct{}, ss.concurrentWrites)
 	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
 
diff --git a/pkg/source/sqs/sqs_source_test.go b/pkg/source/sqs/sqs_source_test.go
index e818421a..669d7b2c 100644
--- a/pkg/source/sqs/sqs_source_test.go
+++ b/pkg/source/sqs/sqs_source_test.go
@@ -74,8 +74,7 @@ func TestNewSQSSourceWithInterfaces_Failure(t *testing.T) {
 }
 */
 
-// TODO: When we address https://github.com/snowplow/snowbridge/issues/151, this test will need to change.
-func TestSQSSource_ReadFailure(t *testing.T) {
+func TestSQSSource_SetupFailure(t *testing.T) {
 	if testing.Short() {
 		t.Skip("skipping integration test")
 	}
@@ -84,12 +83,7 @@ func TestSQSSource_ReadFailure(t *testing.T) {
 
 	client := testutil.GetAWSLocalstackSQSClient()
 
-	source, err := newSQSSourceWithInterfaces(client, "00000000000", 1, testutil.AWSLocalstackRegion, "not-exists")
-	assert.Nil(err)
-	assert.NotNil(source)
-	assert.Equal("arn:aws:sqs:us-east-1:00000000000:not-exists", source.GetID())
-
-	err = source.Read(nil)
+	_, err := newSQSSourceWithInterfaces(client, "00000000000", 1, testutil.AWSLocalstackRegion, "not-exists")
 	assert.NotNil(err)
 	if err != nil {
 		assert.Contains(err.Error(), "Failed to get SQS queue URL:")