diff --git a/acceptancetests/assess_budget.py b/acceptancetests/assess_budget.py
index ec2183821f5..21008b5d505 100755
--- a/acceptancetests/assess_budget.py
+++ b/acceptancetests/assess_budget.py
@@ -14,11 +14,12 @@
 from random import randint
 import subprocess
 import sys
+import os
 
+from deploy_stack import (
+    BootstrapManager,
+    )
 
-from jujupy import (
-    client_from_config,
-)
 from utility import (
     add_basic_testing_arguments,
     JujuAssertionError,
@@ -242,11 +243,31 @@ def parse_args(argv):
     return parser.parse_args(argv)
 
 
+def set_controller_cookie_file():
+    """Plant pre-generated cookie file to avoid launching Browser."""
+    user_home = os.getenv('HOME', default='/var/lib/jenkins')
+    juju_home = os.getenv('JUJU_HOME', default='/var/lib/jenkins/cloud-city')
+    ctrl_name = os.getenv('JOB_NAME', default='budget-management')
+    cookies_source = '{}/go-cookies-extended'.format(user_home)
+    cookies_target = '{}/jes-homes/{}/cookies/{}.json'.format(juju_home,
+                                                              ctrl_name,
+                                                              ctrl_name)
+    try:
+        subprocess.check_output(['cp', cookies_source, cookies_target],
+                                stderr=subprocess.STDOUT)
+        log.info('Cookie file go-cookies-extended has been planted.')
+    except subprocess.CalledProcessError as e:
+        log.info(e.output)
+        raise
+
+
 def main(argv=None):
     args = parse_args(argv)
     configure_logging(args.verbose)
-    client = client_from_config(args.env, args.juju_bin, False)
-    assess_budget(client)
+    bs_manager = BootstrapManager.from_args(args)
+    with bs_manager.booted_context(args.upload_tools):
+        set_controller_cookie_file()
+        assess_budget(bs_manager.client)
     return 0