diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index cd43b771f..632786285 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ script:
   - docker-compose exec webapp yarn run lint
   - docker-compose exec webapp yarn run test --ci --verbose=false
   - docker-compose exec -d backend yarn run test:before:seeder
-  - yarn run cypress:run
+  - CYPRESS_RETRIES=1 yarn run cypress:run
 
 after_success:
   - wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/DiscordHooks/travis-ci-discord-webhook/master/send.sh
diff --git a/cypress/integration/common/report.js b/cypress/integration/common/report.js
index 519c8514b..2c8b848b4 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/common/report.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/common/report.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import { Given, When, Then } from 'cypress-cucumber-preprocessor/steps'
-// intermittent failing tests
-Cypress.env('RETRIES', 2)
 
 /* global cy  */
 
diff --git a/cypress/support/index.js b/cypress/support/index.js
index 3519487bf..195b0de7d 100644
--- a/cypress/support/index.js
+++ b/cypress/support/index.js
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@
 // ***********************************************************
 
 // Import commands.js using ES2015 syntax:
+
 import './commands'
 import './factories'
 
+// intermittent failing tests
+import 'cypress-plugin-retries'
+
 // Alternatively you can use CommonJS syntax:
 // require('./commands')
+