diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 906f500..de3f28a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -35,9 +35,11 @@ workflows:
           context: [ qqq-maven-registry-credentials ]
           requires:
             - cypress/install
+          start: 'npm run start' # start server before running tests
+          wait-on: 'https://localhost:3000'
           ## record: true # record results on Cypress Dashboard
           ## parallel: true # split all specs across machines
           ## parallelism: 4 # use 4 CircleCI machines to finish quickly
           ## group: 'all tests' # name this group "all tests" on the dashboard
-          start: 'npm run start' # start server before running tests
+