diff --git a/.github/workflows/collaboration.yml b/.github/workflows/collaboration.yml
index f206acd35..5df149374 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/collaboration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/collaboration.yml
@@ -34,13 +34,16 @@ jobs:
     - name: Run Etherpad & Tests
       run: |
             node src/node/server.js &
+            # check for initial connectivity
             curl --connect-timeout 10 --max-time 20 --retry 5 --retry-delay 10 --retry-max-time 60 --retry-connrefused http://127.0.0.1:9001/p/test
             cd src/tests/frontend
+            # build first
+            xvfb-run -a cypress run --spec cypress/integration/test.js --config-file cypress/cypress.json --config videosFolder=cypress/videos/build
+            # run collaboration tests
             xvfb-run -a cypress run --spec cypress/integration/collaborate.js --config-file cypress/cypress.json --config videosFolder=cypress/videos/browser1 &
             xvfb-run -a cypress run --spec cypress/integration/collaborate.js --config-file cypress/cypress.json --config videosFolder=cypress/videos/browser2 &
             xvfb-run -a cypress run --spec cypress/integration/collaborate.js --config-file cypress/cypress.json --config videosFolder=cypress/videos/browser3 &
             xvfb-run -a cypress run --spec cypress/integration/collaborate.js --config-file cypress/cypress.json --config videosFolder=cypress/videos/browser4
-      # We still to do a curl check above just to ensure Etherpad is responding before cypress starts
 
     - name: Sleep for 30 seconds for videos to encode
       uses: whatnick/wait-action@master