diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c73a84463..e2e2409f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -81,8 +81,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build and start the docker containers
         run: docker compose -f tests/e2e/docker-compose.yml up -d
 
+      - name: Fund the requestor
+        run: sleep 4 && docker exec -t e2e-requestor-1 /bin/sh -c "yagna payment fund"
+
       - name: Start the e2e test
-        run: sleep 4 && docker exec -t e2e-requestor-1 /bin/sh -c "cd /golem-js && npm i && npm run test:e2e"
+        run: docker exec -t e2e-requestor-1 /bin/sh -c "cd /golem-js && npm i && npm run test:e2e"
 
       #region Cypress test execution
       - name: Run web server
diff --git a/tests/e2e/start-requestor.sh b/tests/e2e/start-requestor.sh
index 8b87259f9..5e2cecce1 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/start-requestor.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/start-requestor.sh
@@ -5,31 +5,33 @@ get_funds_from_faucet() {
     yagna payment fund
 }
 
-echo "Starting Yagna in the background to get funds from the faucet"
-yagna service run >/dev/null 2>&1 &
-sleep 1
+# echo "Starting Yagna in the background to get funds from the faucet"
+echo "Starting Yagna"
+# yagna service run >/dev/null 2>&1 &
+yagna service run 
+# sleep 1
 
-PID=$(pgrep -f "yagna service run")
-echo "Yagna is running with PID: $PID"
+# PID=$(pgrep -f "yagna service run")
+# echo "Yagna is running with PID: $PID"
 
-sleep 4
+# sleep 4
 
-echo "I will now try to get funds from the faucet"
-FUNDING_STATUS="NO"
+# echo "I will now try to get funds from the faucet"
+# FUNDING_STATUS="NO"
 
-while [[ $FUNDING_STATUS == "NO" ]]; do
-    if get_funds_from_faucet; then
-        echo "Funds received from the faucet"
-        FUNDING_STATUS="OK"
-    else
-        echo "Error receiving funds from the faucet. We're retrying..."
-    fi
-done
+# while [[ $FUNDING_STATUS == "NO" ]]; do
+#     if get_funds_from_faucet; then
+#         echo "Funds received from the faucet"
+#         FUNDING_STATUS="OK"
+#     else
+#         echo "Error receiving funds from the faucet. We're retrying..."
+#     fi
+# done
 
-stop_yagna=$(kill -9 $PID)
+# stop_yagna=$(kill -9 $PID)
 
-echo "Stopped Yagna"
-sleep 4
+# echo "Stopped Yagna"
+# sleep 4
 
-echo "Starting Yagna again to run it in the foreground"
-yagna service run
+# echo "Starting Yagna again to run it in the foreground"
+# yagna service run