diff --git a/nym-wallet/wallet-fe-tests/scripts/killprocess.sh b/nym-wallet/wallet-fe-tests/scripts/killprocess.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4626d0cf81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nym-wallet/wallet-fe-tests/scripts/killprocess.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#kill existing process
+kill -9 $(ps aux | egrep "WebKitWeb|tauri-dri" | awk '{print $2}')
+exit 0;
diff --git a/nym-wallet/wallet-fe-tests/test/specs/login/mnemoniclogin.spec.ts b/nym-wallet/wallet-fe-tests/test/specs/login/mnemoniclogin.spec.ts
index 1c19bcf85d..5ca2e25205 100644
--- a/nym-wallet/wallet-fe-tests/test/specs/login/mnemoniclogin.spec.ts
+++ b/nym-wallet/wallet-fe-tests/test/specs/login/mnemoniclogin.spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ const Helper = require('../../../common/helper');
 
 
 
-describe('Wallet sign in functionality with mnemonic', () => {
+describe.skip('Wallet sign in functionality with mnemonic', () => {
 
   it('get to the sign in with mnemonic screen', async () => {
 
diff --git a/nym-wallet/wallet-fe-tests/test/wdio.conf.ts b/nym-wallet/wallet-fe-tests/test/wdio.conf.ts
index a8f789815c..72eec5db2c 100644
--- a/nym-wallet/wallet-fe-tests/test/wdio.conf.ts
+++ b/nym-wallet/wallet-fe-tests/test/wdio.conf.ts
@@ -17,24 +17,24 @@ exports.config = {
   specs: ['./test/specs/**/*.ts'],
 
   suites: {
-//     signup: [
-//       './test/specs/signup/*.ts',
-//     ],
+    //     signup: [
+    //       './test/specs/signup/*.ts',
+    //     ],
     login: [
       './test/specs/login/*.ts',
     ],
-//     balance: [
-//       './test/specs/balance/*.ts',
-//     ],
-//     nav: [
-//       './test/specs/general/*.ts',
-//     ],
-//     send: [
-//       './test/specs/send/*.ts',
-//     ],
-//     delegation: [
-//       './test/specs/delegation/*.ts',
-//     ],
+    //     balance: [
+    //       './test/specs/balance/*.ts',
+    //     ],
+    //     nav: [
+    //       './test/specs/general/*.ts',
+    //     ],
+    //     send: [
+    //       './test/specs/send/*.ts',
+    //     ],
+    //     delegation: [
+    //       './test/specs/delegation/*.ts',
+    //     ],
   },
   // Patterns to exclude.
   exclude: [
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ exports.config = {
   logLevel: 'info',
   bail: 0,
   framework: 'mocha',
-//   reporters: ['spec'],
+  //   reporters: ['spec'],
   mochaOpts: {
     ui: 'bdd',
     timeout: 60000,
@@ -80,16 +80,23 @@ exports.config = {
 
   // this is documentented in the readme - you will need to build the project first
   // ensure the rust project is built since we expect this binary to exist for the webdriver sessions
-  //onPrepare: () => spawnSync("cargo", ["build", "--release"]),
-
 
   // ensure we are running `tauri-driver` before the session starts so that we can proxy the webdriver requests
-  beforeSession: () =>
+
+
+  beforeSession: () => {
+
+    let scriptpath = process.cwd() + "/scripts/killprocess.sh";
+    spawn('bash', [scriptpath]);
+    
     (tauriDriver = spawn(
       path.resolve(os.homedir(), '.cargo', 'bin', 'tauri-driver'),
       [],
       { stdio: [null, process.stdout, process.stderr] }
-    )),
+    ))
+
+  },
+
 
   // clean up the `tauri-driver` process we spawned at the start of the session
   afterSession: () => tauriDriver.kill(),