diff --git a/frontend-e2e/cypress/e2e/homepage.cy.js b/frontend-e2e/cypress/e2e/homepage.cy.js
index df27c58a..ead0ccb2 100644
--- a/frontend-e2e/cypress/e2e/homepage.cy.js
+++ b/frontend-e2e/cypress/e2e/homepage.cy.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const admin = users.filter(({username}) => username === 'admin@example.org')[0];
 
 beforeEach(() => {
     cy.visit(`${Cypress.env('CY_STEMMAWEB_FRONTEND_URL')}/`);
+    cy.viewport(1600, 900);
     cy.loginViaUi(admin);
 });
 
diff --git a/frontend-e2e/cypress/support/commands.js b/frontend-e2e/cypress/support/commands.js
index e6ea0895..e49a0593 100644
--- a/frontend-e2e/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/frontend-e2e/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('loginViaUi', (userObj) => {
     cy.get('#loginEmail').wait(500).type(userObj.username, { delay: 50 });
     cy.get('#loginPassword').wait(500).type(userObj.password, { delay: 50 });
     cy.get('button').contains('Sign in').wait(500).click();
+    cy.get('#authModal').should('not.be.visible');
     cy.contains('Logged in as ' + userObj.username);
     cy.contains('header a', 'Sign out');
     cy.get('header').should('not.contain', 'Sign in');