diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
index 07f55cfe..c58514c8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-test.yml
@@ -107,8 +107,11 @@ jobs:
           export PROXY_USERNAME=username PROXY_PASSWORD=password
           ./proxy/proxy & echo $! > PROXY.id
           ./lightpanda serve & echo $! > LPD.pid
-          URL=https://demo-browser.lightpanda.io/campfire-commerce/ node puppeteer/proxy_auth.js
           BASE_URL=https://demo-browser.lightpanda.io/ node playwright/proxy_auth.js
+          kill `cat LPD.pid`
+
+          ./lightpanda serve --http-proxy 'http://127.0.0.1:3000' & echo $! > LPD.pid
+          URL=https://demo-browser.lightpanda.io/campfire-commerce/ node puppeteer/proxy_auth.js
           kill `cat LPD.pid` `cat PROXY.id`
 
   # e2e tests w/ web-bot-auth configuration on.