diff --git a/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml
index 1ea4c34a90..5e76b1820c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/playwright-test-workflow.yml
@@ -70,6 +70,27 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           npm install
           npm run watch:run:playwright > ${{ inputs.db }}_${{ inputs.shard }}_test_backend.log &
+      - name: Wait for backend
+        run: |
+          while ! curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:8080; do
+            printf '.'
+            sleep 2
+          done
+      - name: Run quick server and tests (sqlite)
+        if: ${{ inputs.db == 'sqlite' && inputs.shard == '2' }}
+        working-directory: ./packages/nocodb
+        run: | 
+          kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:8080)
+          npm run watch:run:playwright:quick > quick_${{ inputs.shard }}_test_backend.log
+      - name: Wait for backend & run quick tests
+        if: ${{ inputs.db == 'sqlite' }}
+        working-directory: ./tests/playwright
+        run: |
+          while ! curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:8080; do
+            printf '.'
+            sleep 2
+          done
+          PLAYWRIGHT_HTML_REPORT=playwright-report-quick npm run test:quick
       - name: run frontend
         working-directory: ./packages/nc-gui
         run: npm run ci:run
@@ -107,21 +128,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:8080)
           npm run watch:run:playwright:pg:cyquick &
-      - name: Run quick server and tests (sqlite)
-        if: ${{ inputs.db == 'sqlite' && inputs.shard == '2' }}
-        working-directory: ./packages/nocodb
-        run: | 
-          kill -9 $(lsof -t -i:8080)
-          npm run watch:run:playwright:quick > quick_${{ inputs.shard }}_test_backend.log &
-      - name: Wait for backend & run quick tests
-        if: ${{ inputs.db == 'sqlite' }}
-        working-directory: ./tests/playwright
-        run: |
-          while ! curl --output /dev/null --silent --head --fail http://localhost:8080; do
-            printf '.'
-            sleep 2
-          done
-          PLAYWRIGHT_HTML_REPORT=playwright-report-quick npm run test:quick
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         if: ${{ inputs.db == 'sqlite' }}
         with: