diff --git a/.github/workflows/runtime-upgrade.yml b/.github/workflows/runtime-upgrade.yml
index 5b7b7a52cd..214f6af226 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/runtime-upgrade.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/runtime-upgrade.yml
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: creditcoin_node_runtime.compact.compressed.wasm
 
-      - name: Upgrade WASM
+      - name: Upgrade WASM & switchToPos
         run: |
           yarn --cwd ./scripts/js upgrade 'creditcoin-js'
           echo "DEBUG: **** free memory before runtimeUpgrade ****"
@@ -292,6 +292,8 @@ jobs:
           ps aux --sort=-%mem | head -n 20
           echo "DEBUG: *********************"
           yarn --cwd ./scripts/js runtimeUpgrade ws://127.0.0.1:9944 ../../creditcoin_node_runtime.compact.compressed.wasm //Alice 0
+          sleep 10
+          yarn --cwd ./scripts/js switchToPos ws://127.0.0.1:9944 //Alice
 
       # TODO: wait & confirm wasm upgrade has finished, incl. migrations
       - name: Execute integration tests
diff --git a/scripts/js/package.json b/scripts/js/package.json
index 925f21f265..715b86427d 100644
--- a/scripts/js/package.json
+++ b/scripts/js/package.json
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     "main": "index.js",
     "scripts": {
         "runtimeUpgrade": "ts-node ./src/runtimeUpgrade.ts",
+        "switchToPos": "ts-node ./src/switchToPos.ts",
         "lint": "eslint -c .eslintrc.js --ext .ts ./src",
         "format": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\"",
         "check-format": "prettier --check \"src/**/*.ts\"",
diff --git a/scripts/js/src/runtimeUpgrade.ts b/scripts/js/src/runtimeUpgrade.ts
index 4d9ee49646..e4dc3376f7 100644
--- a/scripts/js/src/runtimeUpgrade.ts
+++ b/scripts/js/src/runtimeUpgrade.ts
@@ -113,33 +113,6 @@ async function doRuntimeUpgrade(
                     }
                 });
         });
-
-        // WARNING: only used during fork-and-migrate testing
-        if (scheduleDelay === 0) {
-            callback = api.tx.posSwitch.switchToPos();
-
-            await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
-                const unsubscribe = api.tx.sudo
-                    .sudoUncheckedWeight(callback, overrideWeight)
-                    .signAndSend(keyring, { nonce: -1 }, (result) => {
-                        const finish = (fn: () => void) => {
-                            unsubscribe
-                                .then((unsub) => {
-                                    unsub();
-                                    fn();
-                                })
-                                .catch(reject);
-                        };
-                        if (result.isInBlock && !result.isError) {
-                            console.log('switchToPos called');
-                            finish(resolve);
-                        } else if (result.isError) {
-                            const error = new Error(`Failed calling switchToPos: ${result.toString()}`);
-                            finish(() => reject(error));
-                        }
-                    });
-            });
-        }
     } finally {
         await api.disconnect();
     }
diff --git a/scripts/js/src/switchToPos.ts b/scripts/js/src/switchToPos.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5c1254f17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/js/src/switchToPos.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+import { creditcoinApi, Keyring } from 'creditcoin-js';
+import { createOverrideWeight } from 'creditcoin-js/lib/utils';
+
+async function doSwitchToPos(wsUrl: string, sudoKeyUri: string): Promise<void> {
+    // init the api client
+    const { api } = await creditcoinApi(wsUrl);
+    try {
+        // make the keyring for the sudo account
+        const keyring = new Keyring({ type: 'sr25519' }).createFromUri(sudoKeyUri);
+        const overrideWeight = createOverrideWeight(api);
+        const callback = api.tx.posSwitch.switchToPos();
+
+        await new Promise<void>((resolve, reject) => {
+            const unsubscribe = api.tx.sudo
+                .sudoUncheckedWeight(callback, overrideWeight)
+                .signAndSend(keyring, { nonce: -1 }, (result) => {
+                    const finish = (fn: () => void) => {
+                        unsubscribe
+                            .then((unsub) => {
+                                unsub();
+                                fn();
+                            })
+                            .catch(reject);
+                    };
+                    if (result.isInBlock && !result.isError) {
+                        console.log('switchToPos called');
+                        finish(resolve);
+                    } else if (result.isError) {
+                        const error = new Error(`Failed calling switchToPos: ${result.toString()}`);
+                        finish(() => reject(error));
+                    }
+                });
+        });
+    } finally {
+        await api.disconnect();
+    }
+}
+
+if (process.argv.length < 3) {
+    console.error('switchToPos.ts <wsUrl> <sudoKeyUri>');
+    process.exit(1);
+}
+
+const inputWsUrl = process.argv[2];
+const inputSudoKeyUri = process.argv[3];
+
+doSwitchToPos(inputWsUrl, inputSudoKeyUri).catch((reason) => {
+    console.error(reason);
+    process.exit(1);
+});