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 # End-to-End Testing
 
+## Configure cypress
+
+First, you have to tell cypress how to connect to your local neo4j database
+among other things. You can copy our template configuration and change the new
+file according to your needs.
+
+Make sure you are at the root level of the project. Then:
+```bash
+# in the top level folder Human-Connection/
+$ cp cypress.env.template.json cypress.env.json
+```
+
 ## Run Tests
 
-To run the tests, make sure you are at the root level of the project, in your console and run the following command:
+To run the tests, do this:
 
 ```bash
+# in the top level folder Human-Connection/
 $ yarn cypress:setup
 ```