diff --git a/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
index 90c25f21..49e74860 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/end-to-end-tests.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ on:
   - push
   - workflow_call
 jobs:
-  test-suites:
+  web-component-suites:
+    name: Web-Component tests and utilities verification
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     # Stop the occasional rogue instance before the 6h GitHub limit
     timeout-minutes: 15
@@ -22,10 +23,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install everything
         run: npm install
 
-      - name: Ng test for studio-web
-        run: |
-          npx nx build web-component
-          npx nx test:once studio-web
       - name: Cypress run for web-component
         uses: cypress-io/github-action@v6
         with:
@@ -54,15 +51,15 @@ jobs:
           npx nx bundle web-component
           git status
           git diff --word-diff=porcelain --word-diff-regex=... --color | perl -ple 's/^(\x1b[^ -+]{0,6})? (.{81,})$/$1 . " " . substr($2, 0, 40) . " [... " . (length($2)-80) . " bytes ...] " . substr($2, -40)/ex'
-  playwright-tests:
-    name: Run Playwright test-suites
+  studio-e2e-tests:
+    name: Studio Web test-suites
     timeout-minutes: 60
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        shardIndex: [1, 2, 3, 4]
-        shardTotal: [4]
+        shardIndex: [1, 2, 3]
+        shardTotal: [3]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
@@ -80,14 +77,18 @@ jobs:
         run: npm install
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci
+      - name: Ng test for studio-web
+        run: |
+          npx nx build web-component
+          npx nx test:once studio-web
       - name: Run studio-web in the background
         run: |
           npx nx build web-component
           npx nx run-many --targets=serve,serve-fr,serve-es --projects=web-component,studio-web --parallel 6 &
 
           # wait for the studio web to be up
-          sleep 100
-          curl --retry 20 --retry-delay 30 --retry-all-errors http://localhost:4200
+          sleep 50
+          curl --retry 20 --retry-delay 10 --retry-all-errors http://localhost:4200 > /dev/null
       - name: Run Playwright tests for studio-web
         run: |
           npx playwright install --with-deps chromium
@@ -102,8 +103,8 @@ jobs:
   merge-reports:
     # Merge reports after playwright-tests, even if some shards have failed
     if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-    needs: [playwright-tests]
-    name: "Merge playwright reports"
+    needs: [studio-e2e-tests]
+    name: "Merge playwright reports from studio-web end-to-end tests"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -123,10 +124,10 @@ jobs:
           pattern: blob-report-*
           merge-multiple: true
 
-      - name: Merge into HTML Report
+      - name: Merge into a single HTML Report
         run: npx playwright merge-reports --reporter=html,github ./all-blob-reports
 
-      - name: Upload HTML report
+      - name: Upload single HTML report
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: html-report--attempt-${{ github.run_attempt }}
diff --git a/packages/studio-web/playwright.config.ts b/packages/studio-web/playwright.config.ts
index 8e9c022b..eb466c9f 100644
--- a/packages/studio-web/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/studio-web/playwright.config.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   /* Retry on CI only */
   retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 3,
   /* Opt out of parallel tests on CI. */
-  workers: process.env.CI ? 1 : 2,
+  workers: process.env.CI ? 4 : undefined,
   /* Reporter to use. See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-reporters */
   reporter: process.env.CI ? [["blob", { open: "never" }]] : "html",
   /* Shared settings for all the projects below. See https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testoptions. */
diff --git a/packages/studio-web/tests/editor/use-audio-toolbar.spec.ts b/packages/studio-web/tests/editor/use-audio-toolbar.spec.ts
index dfddb202..5869b8e9 100644
--- a/packages/studio-web/tests/editor/use-audio-toolbar.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/studio-web/tests/editor/use-audio-toolbar.spec.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,16 @@ test("should edit alignment and words (editor)", async ({ page, isMobile }) => {
   //first handle
   const handle = await page.getByTitle("-1.070").locator("handle").first();
   await handle.scrollIntoViewIfNeeded();
+  await page.mouse.wheel(0, 50);
+
   const segment = await page.getByTitle("0.840-1.070");
   await segment.click();
   await page.locator("#wavesurferContainer").hover();
   if (isMobile) {
+    console.log("scrolling for mobile");
     await page.mouse.wheel(-130, 0);
   }
-
+  await expect(handle, "handle bar should be in view").toBeVisible();
   const segBoxPreChange = await segment.boundingBox();
   //move the handle to the left to about 0.5
   await handle.hover();