diff --git a/cypress.config.js b/cypress.config.js
index 046039c2..610f8a38 100644
--- a/cypress.config.js
+++ b/cypress.config.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ module.exports = defineConfig({
       // implement node event listeners here
     },
     baseUrl: 'http://localhost:5173/',
-    testIsolation: false,
   },
   viewportHeight: 900,
   viewportWidth: 1200,
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/asAdmin.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/asAdmin.cy.js
index f2aa1670..9ec76612 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/asAdmin.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/asAdmin.cy.js
@@ -1,12 +1,8 @@
 
 describe('Open each page, table view and detail view, and check at least some correct text appears', () => {
-  before('Login as admin, directs to front page', () => {
-    cy.session("logged-as-admin", () => {})
+  beforeEach('Login as admin', () => {
     cy.login('testSu')
   })
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    cy.visit('/')
-  })
   it('Locality works', () => {
     cy.contains('Localities').click()
     cy.contains('Dmanisi')
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/misc.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/misc.cy.js
index 424bc2a7..78fd8f87 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/misc.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/misc.cy.js
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ describe('Test individual features across the app', () => {
     cy.contains('Reference type')
   })
   describe('Staging mode works for the data types that require it', () => {
-    before('Login as admin', () => {
+    beforeEach('Login as admin', () => {
       cy.login('testSu')
     })
     it('Staging mode works on locality', () => {
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ describe('Test individual features across the app', () => {
   })
   // TODO remove the skips once onWrite's has been added to all
   describe('Staging mode does not appear for the data types that dont require it', () => {
-    before('Login as admin', () => {
+    beforeEach('Login as admin', () => {
       cy.login('testSu')
     })
     it('Staging mode does not appear on reference', () => {
diff --git a/cypress/e2e/userRights.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/userRights.cy.js
index 258f3a02..e50f19c2 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/userRights.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/userRights.cy.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
 describe('Broadly test what different user rights see', () => {
   describe('Admin visibility', () => {
-    before('Login as admin', () => {
+    beforeEach('Login as admin', () => {
       cy.session('admin-session', () => {})
       cy.login('testSu')
     })
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ describe('Broadly test what different user rights see', () => {
     })
   })
   describe('Test unlogged visibility', () => {
-    before('Ensure logout', () => {
+    beforeEach('Ensure logout', () => {
       cy.clearAllLocalStorage()
       cy.visit('/')
       cy.contains('Guest user')
@@ -49,9 +49,9 @@ describe('Broadly test what different user rights see', () => {
       cy.contains('Time Bound').should('not.exist')
     })
     it('Direct routes to protected views do not work', () => {
-      cy.pageForbidden('region')
-      cy.pageForbidden('time-bound')
-      cy.pageForbidden('project')
+      cy.pageForbidden('/region')
+      cy.pageForbidden('/time-bound')
+      cy.pageForbidden('/project')
     })
   })
 })