diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-testing.yml
index 73b0600a2d..dbfa0763d5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-testing.yml
@@ -18,5 +18,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build frontend
         run: yarn run build
 
-      - name: Run web service and E2E tests
-        run: docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml up --exit-code-from e2e-tests
+      - name: Run services and E2E tests
+        run: |
+          docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml up nginx web db --detach --wait
+          docker compose cp e2e_testing/fixtures/002_carousel.sql db:/002_carousel.sql
+          docker compose exec -u postgres db psql postgres postgres -f /002_carousel.sql
+          docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml run e2e-tests
+          docker compose down
diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
index 56ca4583c5..5dca39e9de 100644
--- a/docker-compose.yml
+++ b/docker-compose.yml
@@ -133,19 +133,6 @@ services:
     ports:
       - "9998:9998"
 
-  e2e-tests:
-    build:
-      context: e2e_testing
-      args:
-        - BASE_URL=http://web:8063
-    environment:
-      - CI=true
-    depends_on:
-      nginx:
-        condition: service_healthy
-    links:
-      - nginx
-
 volumes:
   opensearch-data1:
   django_media: