diff --git a/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/cypress.config.ts b/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/cypress.config.ts
index 0f1d6aa01..e4ae6c34d 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/cypress.config.ts
+++ b/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/cypress.config.ts
@@ -31,13 +31,16 @@ export default defineConfig({
     excludeSpecPattern: "*.js",
     baseUrl: 'http://localhost:3000',
     chromeWebSecurity: false,
-    supportFile: false,
+    supportFile: 'cypress/support/index.ts',
     viewportHeight: 720,
     viewportWidth: 1280,
     retries: {
       runMode: 2,
       openMode: 0
     },
+    env: {
+      backendURL: 'http://localhost:4000',
+    },
     setupNodeEvents
   }
 })
diff --git a/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/cypress/support/e2e.ts b/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/cypress/support/e2e.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c34292165
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/cypress/support/e2e.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Cypress.Commands.add('login', (email, password) => {
+    Cypress.LocalStorage.clear
+    
+    cy.request({
+        method: 'POST',
+        url: Cypress.env('backendURL'),
+        body: {
+                "operationName": null,
+                "variables": {
+                    "email": email,
+                    "password": password
+                },
+                "query": "query ($email: String!, $password: String!, $publisherId: Int) {\n  login(email: $email, password: $password, publisherId: $publisherId) {\n    email\n    firstName\n    lastName\n    language\n    klickTipp {\n      newsletterState\n      __typename\n    }\n    hasElopage\n    publisherId\n    isAdmin\n    creation\n    __typename\n  }\n}\n"
+        }
+    })
+    .then((response) => {
+        let vuexToken = {
+            token : JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(response.headers))['token'],
+            // TODO: how to compute the token time from the token im response?
+            tokenTime : 1663224487
+        };
+
+        cy.visit('/');
+        window.localStorage.setItem('vuex', JSON.stringify(vuexToken));
+    })
+})
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diff --git a/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/cypress/support/index.ts b/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/cypress/support/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b5db7da24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/cypress/support/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/// <reference types="cypress" />
+
+import './e2e';
+
+declare global {
+    namespace Cypress {
+        interface Chainable<Subject> {
+        login(email: string, password: string): Chainable<any>
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/tsconfig.json b/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/tsconfig.json
index e9739ec00..c031a126e 100644
--- a/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/tsconfig.json
+++ b/e2e-tests/cypress/tests/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     "target": "es2016",
     "lib": ["es6", "dom"],
     "baseUrl": "../node_modules",
-     "types": ["cypress", "node"],
-     "strict": true
+    "types": ["cypress", "node"],
+    "strict": true
   },
   "include": ["**/*.ts"]
 }