diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
index 15ae46e8ee..f5ae87d02c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
@@ -332,10 +332,15 @@ jobs:
           GITEA_DEPLOY_IMAGE_TAG: ':${{ needs.get_version.outputs.gitea_sha_short }}'
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          auto_gen_fixtures_path=e2e/cypress/fixtures/auto-gen
+          mkdir $auto_gen_fixtures_path
+          truncate -s "${MAX_FILE_SIZE}" "${auto_gen_fixtures_path}/big.txt"
+          # generate admin token used for importing projects during e2e tests
           docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.deploy.yml up -d
           until docker logs kitspace_gitea_1 | grep 'ORM engine initialization successful' ; do sleep 3s; done
           token="$(deno run --allow-env --allow-net --allow-run ./scripts/importBoardsTxt.ts --tokenOnly)"
           echo "CYPRESS_GITEA_ADMIN_TOKEN=${token}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          docker-compose stop
 
       - name: e2e
         timeout-minutes: 40
diff --git a/scripts/pre_e2e.sh b/scripts/pre_e2e.sh
index f1c4be342a..3bb4066a33 100755
--- a/scripts/pre_e2e.sh
+++ b/scripts/pre_e2e.sh
@@ -6,17 +6,3 @@ set -Eeuo pipefail
 auto_gen_fixtures_path=e2e/cypress/fixtures/auto-gen
 mkdir $auto_gen_fixtures_path
 truncate -s "${MAX_FILE_SIZE}" "${auto_gen_fixtures_path}/big.txt"
-
-# generate admin token used for importing projects during e2e tests
-
-if [[ "${CI:-}" = "true" ]]; then
-    docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.deploy.yml up -d
-    until docker logs kitspace_gitea_1 | grep 'ORM engine initialization successful' ; do sleep 3s; done
-else
-    # The tests are running locally.
-    docker-compose up -d
-fi
-
-token="$(deno run --allow-env --allow-net --allow-run ./scripts/importBoardsTxt.ts --tokenOnly)"
-export CYPRESS_GITEA_ADMIN_TOKEN=$token
-docker-compose stop