diff --git a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright_sim4life.py b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright_sim4life.py
index cb0d4089c3e..9cafcc8f6e6 100644
--- a/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright_sim4life.py
+++ b/packages/pytest-simcore/src/pytest_simcore/helpers/playwright_sim4life.py
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
     _EC2_STARTUP_MAX_WAIT_TIME + _S4L_DOCKER_PULLING_MAX_TIME + _S4L_MAX_STARTUP_TIME
 )
 _S4L_STARTUP_SCREEN_MAX_TIME: Final[int] = 45 * SECOND
-
+_S4L_COPY_WORKSPACE_TIME: Final[int] = 60 * SECOND
 
 @dataclass(kw_only=True)
 class S4LWaitForWebsocket:
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def __call__(self, message: str) -> bool:
         return False
 
 
-def launch_S4L(page: Page, node_id, log_in_and_out: WebSocket, autoscaled: bool) -> Dict[str, Union[WebSocket, FrameLocator]]:
+def launch_S4L(page: Page, node_id, log_in_and_out: WebSocket, autoscaled: bool, copy_workspace: bool = False) -> Dict[str, Union[WebSocket, FrameLocator]]:
     with log_context(logging.INFO, "launch S4L") as ctx:
         predicate = S4LWaitForWebsocket(logger=ctx.logger)
         with page.expect_websocket(
@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ def launch_S4L(page: Page, node_id, log_in_and_out: WebSocket, autoscaled: bool)
                 if autoscaled
                 else _S4L_MAX_STARTUP_TIME
             )
+            + (
+                _S4L_COPY_WORKSPACE_TIME
+                if copy_workspace
+                else 0
+            )
             + 10 * SECOND,
         ) as ws_info:
             s4l_iframe = wait_for_service_running(
@@ -105,6 +110,11 @@ def launch_S4L(page: Page, node_id, log_in_and_out: WebSocket, autoscaled: bool)
                     _S4L_AUTOSCALED_MAX_STARTUP_TIME
                     if autoscaled
                     else _S4L_MAX_STARTUP_TIME
+                )
+                + (
+                    _S4L_COPY_WORKSPACE_TIME
+                    if copy_workspace
+                    else 0
                 ),
                 press_start_button=False,
             )
diff --git a/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/sim4life/test_template.py b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/sim4life/test_template.py
index 21f7387c2b2..b770979770c 100644
--- a/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/sim4life/test_template.py
+++ b/tests/e2e-playwright/tests/sim4life/test_template.py
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ def test_template(
     node_ids: list[str] = list(project_data["workbench"])
     assert len(node_ids) == 1, "Expected 1 node in the workbench!"
 
-    resp = launch_S4L(page, node_ids[0], log_in_and_out, autoscaled)
+    resp = launch_S4L(page, node_ids[0], log_in_and_out, autoscaled, copy_workspace=True)
     s4l_websocket = resp["websocket"]
     s4l_iframe = resp["iframe"]
     interact_with_S4L(page, s4l_iframe)