diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
index b99a42ca..5cee2de6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-tests.yml
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ jobs:
           path: ~/.npm
           key: node-modules-${{ hashFiles('app/package-lock.json') }}
 
-      - name: Install Node.js dependencies
-        run: |
-          cd app
-          npm ci
+      # - name: Install Node.js dependencies
+      #   run: |
+      #     cd app
+      #     npm ci
 
-      - name: Setup Env Vars not in github secrets
+      - name: Setup Dummy Env Vars 
         run: |
           cd app
           cp .env.server.example .env.server
diff --git a/app/ci-start-app-with-scripts.js b/app/ci-start-app-with-scripts.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..049db80f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/ci-start-app-with-scripts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+const cp = require('child_process');
+const readline = require('linebyline');
+
+function spawn(name, cmd, args, done) {
+  const spawnOptions = {
+    detached: true,
+  };
+  const proc = cp.spawn(cmd, args, spawnOptions);
+
+  proc.stdin.destroy();
+
+  readline(proc.stdout).on('line', (data) => {
+    console.log(`\x1b[0m\x1b[33m[${name}][out]\x1b[0m ${data}`);
+  });
+  readline(proc.stderr).on('line', (data) => {
+    console.log(`\x1b[0m\x1b[33m[${name}][err]\x1b[0m ${data}`);
+  });
+  proc.on('exit', done);
+}
+
+const cb = (code) => {
+  if (code !== 0) {
+    process.exit(code);
+  }
+};
+
+spawn(
+  'db-cleanup',
+  'sh',
+  [
+    '-c',
+    '(docker container rm $(docker container ls -f name=^wasp-dev-db-OpenSaaS- -q) -f || true) && docker volume rm$(docker volume ls -f name=^wasp-dev-db-OpenSaaS- -q) -f || true',
+  ],
+  cb
+);
+
+spawn('db', 'wasp', ['start', 'db'], cb);
+
+spawn('wait-for-db', 'npx', ['wait-port', '5432'], cb);
+
+spawn('db-migrate', 'wasp', ['db', 'migrate-dev'], cb);
+
+spawn('app', 'wasp', ['start'], cb);
diff --git a/app/package.json b/app/package.json
index b0c6e6cd..5891c224 100644
--- a/app/package.json
+++ b/app/package.json
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "opensaas",
   "scripts": {
-    "example-app:start": "node ci-start-app.js",
-    "example-app:start-db": "npm run example-app:cleanup-db && wasp start db",
-    "example-app:start-app": "npm run example-app:wait-for-db && wasp db migrate-dev && wasp start",
-    "example-app:wait-for-db": "npx wait-port 5432",
-    "example-app:cleanup-db": "(docker container rm $(docker container ls -f name=^wasp-dev-db-OpenSaaS- -q) -f || true) && docker volume rm $(docker volume ls -f name=^wasp-dev-db-OpenSaaS- -q) -f || true",
-    "example-app:playwright": "playwright test",
-    "example-app:playwright:ui": "playwright test --ui"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@aws-sdk/client-s3": "^3.523.0",
diff --git a/app/playwright.config.ts b/app/playwright.config.ts
index 7949a6e5..d5b3e0d7 100644
--- a/app/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/app/playwright.config.ts
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   // only run the web server on CI
   webServer: process.env.CI
     ? {
-        command: 'npm run example-app:start',
+        command: 'node ci-start-app-with-scripts.js',
         // Wait for the backend to start
         url: 'http://localhost:3001',
         reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,