diff --git a/tests/end_to_end/conftest.py b/tests/end_to_end/conftest.py
index 30ca363f5..c7cc3a96d 100644
--- a/tests/end_to_end/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/end_to_end/conftest.py
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ def end_to_end_authenticated_context(browser):
     auth_state_path = os.path.join(
         os.getenv("NOTIFY_E2E_AUTH_STATE_PATH"), "state.json"
     )
+    if os.path.is_file(auth_state_path):
+        print("AUTH STATE PATH EXISTS")
+    else:
+        raise Exception("COULDNT FIND THE AUTH STATE PATH")
     context = browser.new_context(storage_state=auth_state_path)
 
     return context