diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/cli-report.md b/packages/e2e-test/cli-report.md
index 3a3912b8fc..c79a831bec 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/cli-report.md
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/cli-report.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Options:
   -h, --help
 
 Commands:
-  run
+  run [options]
   help [command]
 ```
 
@@ -22,5 +22,6 @@ Commands:
 Usage: e2e-test run [options]
 
 Options:
+  -db, --dbms <value>
   -h, --help
 ```
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/index.ts b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/index.ts
index c5740a1d6f..d2770d6a1e 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/index.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/index.ts
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ export function registerCommands(program: Command) {
     .command('run')
     .description('Run e2e tests')
     .option(
-      '-db, --dbms',
+      '-db, --dbms <value>',
       'Selected database management system for e2e testing, (eg. mysql, postgres)',
+      'postgres',
     )
     .action(run);
 }
diff --git a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
index 0ea542f213..46be27c188 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
+++ b/packages/e2e-test/src/commands/run.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ const templatePackagePaths = [
   'packages/create-app/templates/default-app/packages/backend/package.json.hbs',
 ];
 
-export async function run(dbms: string = 'postgres') {
+export async function run(options: { dbms: string }) {
   const rootDir = await fs.mkdtemp(resolvePath(os.tmpdir(), 'backstage-e2e-'));
   print(`CLI E2E test root: ${rootDir}\n`);
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export async function run(dbms: string = 'postgres') {
     Boolean(process.env.BACKSTAGE_TEST_DATABASE_MYSQL8_CONNECTION_STRING)
   ) {
     print('Testing the datbase backend startup');
-    await dropClientDatabases(dbms);
+    await dropClientDatabases(options.dbms);
     const appConfig = path.resolve(appDir, 'app-config.yaml');
     const productionConfig = path.resolve(appDir, 'app-config.production.yaml');
 
diff --git a/plugins/app-backend/migrations/20211229105307_init.js b/plugins/app-backend/migrations/20211229105307_init.js
index 5f1bfdc30e..4121272bd7 100644
--- a/plugins/app-backend/migrations/20211229105307_init.js
+++ b/plugins/app-backend/migrations/20211229105307_init.js
@@ -24,8 +24,9 @@ exports.up = async function up(knex) {
     table.comment(
       'A cache of static assets that where previously deployed and may still be lazy-loaded by clients',
     );
+    // setting to 64KB to account for long paths
     table
-      .text('path', 'longtext')
+      .string('path', 65535)
       .primary()
       .notNullable()
       .comment('The path of the file');