diff --git a/tests/end_to_end/conftest.py b/tests/end_to_end/conftest.py
index 3fd6533dc..15b4578ab 100644
--- a/tests/end_to_end/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/end_to_end/conftest.py
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ def end_to_end_authenticated_context(browser):
     auth_state_path = os.path.join(
         os.getenv("NOTIFY_E2E_AUTH_STATE_PATH"), "state.json"
     )
-    assert os.path.is_file(auth_state_path)
 
     context = browser.new_context(storage_state=auth_state_path)
 
diff --git a/tests/end_to_end/test_create_new_template.py b/tests/end_to_end/test_create_new_template.py
index cfeeb4eba..eef279959 100644
--- a/tests/end_to_end/test_create_new_template.py
+++ b/tests/end_to_end/test_create_new_template.py
@@ -160,6 +160,10 @@ def create_new_template(page):
 def test_create_new_template(authenticated_page):
     page = authenticated_page
 
+    auth_state_path = os.path.join(
+        os.getenv("NOTIFY_E2E_AUTH_STATE_PATH"), "state.json"
+    )
+    assert os.path.is_file(auth_state_path)
 
     _setup(page)