diff --git a/.github/workflows/integration-test-gha.yaml b/.github/workflows/integration-test-gha.yaml
index 37016ef98..7dcb088e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/integration-test-gha.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/integration-test-gha.yaml
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
           TEST_PROJECT_CODE: 'sena-3'
           TEST_DEFAULT_PASSWORD: 'pass'
         working-directory: frontend
-        run: pnpm test
+        run: pnpm run test -g "^(?!.*Viewer Page).*" # exclude the viewer page tests, because mongo is not available
 
       - name: Upload playwright results
         if: ${{ always() && steps.playwright-tests.outcome != 'skipped' }}
diff --git a/frontend/tests/viewerPage.test.ts b/frontend/tests/viewerPage.test.ts
index 765736635..9c1c01fa2 100644
--- a/frontend/tests/viewerPage.test.ts
+++ b/frontend/tests/viewerPage.test.ts
@@ -6,92 +6,95 @@ import {expect} from '@playwright/test';
 import {loginAs} from './utils/authHelpers';
 import {test} from './fixtures';
 
-test('navigate to viewer', async ({ page }) => {
-  // Step 1: Login
-  await loginAs(page.request, 'editor', testEnv.defaultPassword);
-  const userDashboard = await new UserDashboardPage(page).goto();
-
-  // Step 2: Click through to viewer
-  const projectPage = await userDashboard.openProject('Sena 3', 'sena-3');
-  const viewerPage = await projectPage.clickBrowseInViewer();
-  await viewerPage.dismissAboutDialog();
-});
-
-test('find entry', async ({ page }) => {
-  // Step 1: Login to viewer
-  await loginAs(page.request, 'editor', testEnv.defaultPassword);
-  const viewerPage = await new ViewerPage(page, 'Sena 3', 'sena-3').goto();
-  await viewerPage.dismissAboutDialog();
-
-  // Step 2: Use search bar to go to entry "shrew"
-  await viewerPage.search('animal');
-  await expect(viewerPage.searchResults).toHaveCount(5);
-  await viewerPage.clickSearchResult('shrew');
-
-  async function verifyViewerState(): Promise<void> {
-    // Step 3: Check that we are on the shrew entry
-    await expect(viewerPage.entryDictionaryPreview).toContainText('shrew');
-    await expect(viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Citation form") input:visible'))
-      .toHaveValue('nkhwizi');
-
-    // Step 4: Verify entry list filter and order
-    await expect(viewerPage.entryListItems).toHaveCount(7);
-    await expect(viewerPage.entryListItems.nth(0)).toContainText('cifuwo');
-    await expect(viewerPage.entryListItems.nth(3)).toContainText('shrew');
-    await expect(viewerPage.entryListItems.nth(6)).toContainText('nyama');
-  }
-
-  await verifyViewerState();
-  await viewerPage.page.reload();
-  await viewerPage.waitFor();
-  await verifyViewerState();
-});
-
-test('entry details', async ({ page }) => {
-  // Step 1: Login to viewer at entry "thembe"
-  await loginAs(page.request, 'editor', testEnv.defaultPassword);
-  const viewerPage = await new ViewerPage(page, 'Sena 3', 'sena-3')
-    .goto({ urlEnd: '?entryId=49cc9257-90c7-4fe0-a9e0-2c8d72aa5e2b&search=animal' });
-  await viewerPage.dismissAboutDialog();
-
-  // Step 2: verify entry details
-  // -- Dictionary Preview
-  const expectPreview = expect(viewerPage.entryDictionaryPreview);
-  await expectPreview.toContainText('nthembe');
-  await expectPreview.toContainText(' Nome ');
-  await expectPreview.toContainText(' Eng ');
-  await expectPreview.toContainText('animal skin alone, after it is taken off the body');
-  await expectPreview.toContainText(' Por ');
-  await expectPreview.toContainText('pele de animal');
-
-  // -- Entry fields
-  const lexeme = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Lexeme") .ws-field-wrapper:visible');
-  await expect(lexeme.getByRole('textbox')).toHaveValue('thembe');
-  await expect(lexeme.getByLabel('Sen', { exact: true })).toHaveValue('thembe');
-
-  await expect(viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Citation form") input:visible')).toHaveValue('nthembe');
-
-  // -- Sense
-  await expect(viewerPage.page.locator('[id^="sense"]')).toHaveCount(1);
-  await expect(viewerPage.page.locator(':text("gloss")')).toHaveCount(1);
-
-  const gloss = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Gloss") .ws-field-wrapper:visible');
-  await expect(gloss).toHaveCount(2);
-  await expect(gloss.getByLabel('Eng')).toHaveValue('animal skin');
-  await expect(gloss.getByLabel('Por')).toHaveValue('pele de animal');
-
-  const definition = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Definition") .ws-field-wrapper:visible');
-  await expect(definition).toHaveCount(1);
-  await expect(definition.getByLabel('Eng')).toHaveValue('animal skin alone, after it is taken off the body');
-
-  const grammaticalInfo = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Grammatical info") input:visible');
-  await expect(grammaticalInfo).toHaveValue('Nome');
-
-  const semanticDomains = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Semantic domain") input:visible');
-  await expect(semanticDomains).toHaveValue('1.6.2 Parts of an animal');
-
-  // -- Example
-  await expect(viewerPage.page.locator('[id^="example"]')).toHaveCount(1);
-  const reference = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Reference") input');
-  await expect(reference).toHaveValue('Wordlist');
+test.describe('Viewer Page', () => {
+
+  test('navigate to viewer', async ({page}) => {
+    // Step 1: Login
+    await loginAs(page.request, 'editor', testEnv.defaultPassword);
+    const userDashboard = await new UserDashboardPage(page).goto();
+
+    // Step 2: Click through to viewer
+    const projectPage = await userDashboard.openProject('Sena 3', 'sena-3');
+    const viewerPage = await projectPage.clickBrowseInViewer();
+    await viewerPage.dismissAboutDialog();
+  });
+
+  test('find entry', async ({page}) => {
+    // Step 1: Login to viewer
+    await loginAs(page.request, 'editor', testEnv.defaultPassword);
+    const viewerPage = await new ViewerPage(page, 'Sena 3', 'sena-3').goto();
+    await viewerPage.dismissAboutDialog();
+
+    // Step 2: Use search bar to go to entry "shrew"
+    await viewerPage.search('animal');
+    await expect(viewerPage.searchResults).toHaveCount(5);
+    await viewerPage.clickSearchResult('shrew');
+
+    async function verifyViewerState(): Promise<void> {
+      // Step 3: Check that we are on the shrew entry
+      await expect(viewerPage.entryDictionaryPreview).toContainText('shrew');
+      await expect(viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Citation form") input:visible'))
+        .toHaveValue('nkhwizi');
+
+      // Step 4: Verify entry list filter and order
+      await expect(viewerPage.entryListItems).toHaveCount(7);
+      await expect(viewerPage.entryListItems.nth(0)).toContainText('cifuwo');
+      await expect(viewerPage.entryListItems.nth(3)).toContainText('shrew');
+      await expect(viewerPage.entryListItems.nth(6)).toContainText('nyama');
+    }
+
+    await verifyViewerState();
+    await viewerPage.page.reload();
+    await viewerPage.waitFor();
+    await verifyViewerState();
+  });
+
+  test('entry details', async ({page}) => {
+    // Step 1: Login to viewer at entry "thembe"
+    await loginAs(page.request, 'editor', testEnv.defaultPassword);
+    const viewerPage = await new ViewerPage(page, 'Sena 3', 'sena-3')
+      .goto({urlEnd: '?entryId=49cc9257-90c7-4fe0-a9e0-2c8d72aa5e2b&search=animal'});
+    await viewerPage.dismissAboutDialog();
+
+    // Step 2: verify entry details
+    // -- Dictionary Preview
+    const expectPreview = expect(viewerPage.entryDictionaryPreview);
+    await expectPreview.toContainText('nthembe');
+    await expectPreview.toContainText(' Nome ');
+    await expectPreview.toContainText(' Eng ');
+    await expectPreview.toContainText('animal skin alone, after it is taken off the body');
+    await expectPreview.toContainText(' Por ');
+    await expectPreview.toContainText('pele de animal');
+
+    // -- Entry fields
+    const lexeme = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Lexeme") .ws-field-wrapper:visible');
+    await expect(lexeme.getByRole('textbox')).toHaveValue('thembe');
+    await expect(lexeme.getByLabel('Sen', {exact: true})).toHaveValue('thembe');
+
+    await expect(viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Citation form") input:visible')).toHaveValue('nthembe');
+
+    // -- Sense
+    await expect(viewerPage.page.locator('[id^="sense"]')).toHaveCount(1);
+    await expect(viewerPage.page.locator(':text("gloss")')).toHaveCount(1);
+
+    const gloss = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Gloss") .ws-field-wrapper:visible');
+    await expect(gloss).toHaveCount(2);
+    await expect(gloss.getByLabel('Eng')).toHaveValue('animal skin');
+    await expect(gloss.getByLabel('Por')).toHaveValue('pele de animal');
+
+    const definition = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Definition") .ws-field-wrapper:visible');
+    await expect(definition).toHaveCount(1);
+    await expect(definition.getByLabel('Eng')).toHaveValue('animal skin alone, after it is taken off the body');
+
+    const grammaticalInfo = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Grammatical info") input:visible');
+    await expect(grammaticalInfo).toHaveValue('Nome');
+
+    const semanticDomains = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Semantic domain") input:visible');
+    await expect(semanticDomains).toHaveValue('1.6.2 Parts of an animal');
+
+    // -- Example
+    await expect(viewerPage.page.locator('[id^="example"]')).toHaveCount(1);
+    const reference = viewerPage.page.locator('.field:has-text("Reference") input');
+    await expect(reference).toHaveValue('Wordlist');
+  });
 });