diff --git a/e2e/02_preexisting.test.js b/e2e/02_preexisting.test.js
index 47cfbc887..19fd585f5 100644
--- a/e2e/02_preexisting.test.js
+++ b/e2e/02_preexisting.test.js
@@ -1,27 +1,12 @@
-const { log, device, by, element } = require('detox');
-
-describe('Example', () => {
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    await device.launchApp();
-  });
-
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    await device.reloadReactNative();
-  });
+import { loadTestWallet } from "./loadTestWallet.js";
 
+describe('Renders wallet data correctly.', () => {
   // i just pulled this seed out of thin air
-  it('loads my test wallet', async () => {
-    await element(by.id("loadingapp.restorewalletseed")).tap();
-    await element(by.id("seed.seedplaceholder")).replaceText(
-      'lottery multiply patient simple ivory leisure swift square west despair beauty match crowd margin reject box always title photo remind word diet ecology badge'
-    );
-    await element(by.id("birthdayinput")).replaceText('1994579');
-    await element(by.text("RESTORE WALLET")).tap();
-  });
+  it('loads my test wallet', loadTestWallet);
   
   // there is a transaction in this plant at 1994580, 1 block after the "birthday". 
   it('synks 1 block and renders a transaction. this should take less than a minute, but will time out after 16 minutes', async () => {
-    await waitFor(element(by.id("transactionList.1"))).toBeVisible().withTimeout(1000000)
+    await waitFor(element(by.id("transactionList.1"))).toBeVisible().withTimeout(sync_timeout)
     await element(by.id("transactionList.1")).tap();
     // we will test various attributes of this transaction once we testID them
   });
diff --git a/e2e/03_new_wallet.test.js b/e2e/03_new_wallet.test.js
index c54b4dbf2..d06f4b780 100644
--- a/e2e/03_new_wallet.test.js
+++ b/e2e/03_new_wallet.test.js
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 const { log, device, by, element } = require('detox');
 
 describe('Example', () => {
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    await device.launchApp();
-  });
 
   it('New wallet button works', async () => {
     let newWalletButton = element(by.text('CREATE NEW WALLET (NEW SEED)'));
diff --git a/e2e/jest.config.js b/e2e/jest.config.js
index 4f980203f..b2cbe6442 100644
--- a/e2e/jest.config.js
+++ b/e2e/jest.config.js
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@
 module.exports = {
   rootDir: '..',
   testMatch: ['<rootDir>/e2e/**/*.test.js'],
-  testTimeout: 120000,
+  testTimeout: 1000000,
   maxWorkers: 1,
   globalSetup: 'detox/runners/jest/globalSetup',
   globalTeardown: 'detox/runners/jest/globalTeardown',
   reporters: ['detox/runners/jest/reporter'],
   testEnvironment: 'detox/runners/jest/testEnvironment',
   verbose: true,
+  globals: {
+    sync_timeout: 1000000
+  },
+  setupFilesAfterEnv: ['<rootDir>/e2e/setup-jest.js']
 };
diff --git a/e2e/loadTestWallet.js b/e2e/loadTestWallet.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a03fe9114
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/loadTestWallet.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+
+let loadTestWallet = async () => {
+  await element(by.id("loadingapp.restorewalletseed")).tap();
+  await element(by.id("seed.seedplaceholder")).replaceText(
+    'lottery multiply patient simple ivory leisure swift square west despair beauty match crowd margin reject box always title photo remind word diet ecology badge'
+  );
+  await element(by.id("birthdayinput")).replaceText('1994579');
+  await element(by.text("RESTORE WALLET")).tap();
+}
+
+export { loadTestWallet };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/e2e/new_checkbox_send.test.js b/e2e/new_checkbox_send.test.js
index 93fa30871..0ef32a0fc 100644
--- a/e2e/new_checkbox_send.test.js
+++ b/e2e/new_checkbox_send.test.js
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
 const { log, device, by, element } = require('detox');
 
-describe('Example', () => {
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    await device.launchApp();
-  });
+import { loadTestWallet } from "./loadTestWallet.js";
 
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    // await device.reloadReactNative();
-  });
 
-  it('Checkbox send screen -> include UA in memo field', async () => {
-    await element(by.id('loadingapp.restorewalletseed')).tap();
-    await element(by.id('seed.seedplaceholder')).replaceText(
-      'lottery multiply patient simple ivory leisure swift square west despair beauty match crowd margin reject box always title photo remind word diet ecology badge',
-    );
-    await element(by.id('birthdayinput')).replaceText('1985000');
-    await element(by.text('RESTORE WALLET')).tap();
+describe('Example', () => {
 
+  it('loads a test wallet', loadTestWallet);
+  
+  it('Checkbox send screen -> include UA in memo field', async () => {
     await element(by.text('SEND')).tap();
     await element(by.id('send.addressplaceholder')).replaceText(
       'u1lx7nlnqqqs7p4hcqz4hyjgnw7h8zskcgr2f8dfhm96np0gnfdzu7jtms7q2pxd7ufy96wxzdsdy65jvp3td7fj2ltcz0jpak86ddyszl9ykn5s86q3xataya5867z3tj2x8cw0ljyrenymr2gcqmjf50gmexqj233yn3kdaxn2yukwcx87emurufakf82wapgnu5h3fvae6aw9uus2r',
diff --git a/e2e/setup-jest.js b/e2e/setup-jest.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..27c5efd46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e/setup-jest.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+beforeAll(async () => {
+  await device.launchApp();
+});
+
+beforeEach(async () => {
+  await device.reloadReactNative();
+});