diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/playwright.config.ts b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/playwright.config.ts
index 37c7fb14c7..0dc740b466 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/default-app/playwright.config.ts
@@ -32,11 +32,17 @@ export default defineConfig({
     ? []
     : [
         {
-          command: 'yarn start',
+          command: 'yarn start app',
           port: 3000,
           reuseExistingServer: true,
           timeout: 60_000,
         },
+        {
+          command: 'yarn start backend',
+          port: 7007,
+          reuseExistingServer: true,
+          timeout: 60_000,
+        },
       ],
 
   forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
diff --git a/packages/create-app/templates/next-app/playwright.config.ts b/packages/create-app/templates/next-app/playwright.config.ts
index 37c7fb14c7..0dc740b466 100644
--- a/packages/create-app/templates/next-app/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/packages/create-app/templates/next-app/playwright.config.ts
@@ -32,11 +32,17 @@ export default defineConfig({
     ? []
     : [
         {
-          command: 'yarn start',
+          command: 'yarn start app',
           port: 3000,
           reuseExistingServer: true,
           timeout: 60_000,
         },
+        {
+          command: 'yarn start backend',
+          port: 7007,
+          reuseExistingServer: true,
+          timeout: 60_000,
+        },
       ],
 
   forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
index ee8228e413..a5867ce217 100644
--- a/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -32,18 +32,17 @@ export default defineConfig({
     ? []
     : [
         {
-          command: 'yarn start',
+          command: 'yarn start example-app',
           port: 3000,
           reuseExistingServer: true,
           timeout: 60_000,
         },
-        // TODO: Before encouraging e2e tests for backend we'll want to provide better utilities for mocking auth
-        // {
-        //   command: 'yarn start-backend',
-        //   port: 7007,
-        //   reuseExistingServer: true,
-        //   timeout: 60_000,
-        // },
+        {
+          command: 'yarn start example-backend',
+          port: 7007,
+          reuseExistingServer: true,
+          timeout: 60_000,
+        },
       ],
 
   forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,