diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/createContract.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/createContract.ts
index 2503a839c9..5246050e4c 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/createContract.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/createContract.ts
@@ -15,14 +15,11 @@ class CreateContract extends EventEmitter {
 
 function createContract (browser: NightwatchBrowser, inputParams: string, callback: VoidFunction) {
   if (inputParams) {
-    browser.clickLaunchIcon('settings').clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
-    .setValue('div[class^="contractActionsContainerSingle"] input', inputParams, function () {
+    browser.setValue('div[class^="contractActionsContainerSingle"] input', inputParams, function () {
       browser.click('#runTabView button[class^="instanceButton"]').pause(500).perform(function () { callback() })
     })
   } else {
     browser
-    .clickLaunchIcon('settings')
-    .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
     .click('#runTabView button[class^="instanceButton"]')
     .pause(500)
     .perform(function () { callback() })
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/selectContract.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/selectContract.ts
index b341f11bbd..b5dfee271d 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/selectContract.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/commands/selectContract.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import { NightwatchBrowser } from 'nightwatch'
 import EventEmitter from "events"
 
+const selector = '#runTabView select[class^="contractNames"]'
+
 class SelectContract extends EventEmitter {
   command (this: NightwatchBrowser, contractName: string): NightwatchBrowser {
-    this.api.perform((done) => {
+    this.api.waitForElementVisible(selector).perform((done) => {
       selectContract(this.api, contractName, () => {
         done()
         this.emit('complete')
@@ -14,11 +16,7 @@ class SelectContract extends EventEmitter {
 }
 
 function selectContract (browser: NightwatchBrowser, contractName: string, callback: VoidFunction) {
-  browser.clickLaunchIcon('settings').clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
-  .pause(10000)
-  .setValue('#runTabView select[class^="contractNames"]', contractName).perform(() => {
-    callback()
-  })
+  browser.click(`${selector} option[value="${contractName}"]`).perform(() => callback())
 }
 
 module.exports = SelectContract
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/debugger.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/debugger.test.ts
index a5616dfd7b..53095537f8 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/debugger.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/debugger.test.ts
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@ module.exports = {
     .pause(2000)
     .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
     .testContracts('externalImport.sol', sources[1]['browser/externalImport.sol'], ['ERC20'])
-    .waitForElementPresent('*[title="Deploy - transact (not payable)"]', 35000)  
+    .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
+    .waitForElementPresent('*[title="Deploy - transact (not payable)"]', 35000)
     .selectContract('ERC20')
     .createContract('"tokenName", "symbol"')
     .debugTransaction(2)
@@ -110,6 +111,7 @@ module.exports = {
     .setSolidityCompilerVersion('soljson-v0.6.12+commit.27d51765.js')
     .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
     .testContracts('withABIEncoderV2.sol', sources[2]['browser/withABIEncoderV2.sol'], ['test'])
+    .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
     .selectContract('test')
     .createContract('')
     .clickInstance(2)
@@ -163,9 +165,9 @@ module.exports = {
     browser
     .clickLaunchIcon('solidity')
     .setSolidityCompilerVersion('soljson-v0.7.2+commit.51b20bc0.js')
-    .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
     .pause(2000)
     .testContracts('withGeneratedSources.sol', sources[4]['browser/withGeneratedSources.sol'], ['A'])
+    .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
     .createContract('')
     .clickInstance(4)
     .clickFunction('f - transact (not payable)', {types: 'uint256[] ', values: '[]'})
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/libraryDeployment.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/libraryDeployment.test.ts
index 711f87be3c..39b6204e51 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/libraryDeployment.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/libraryDeployment.test.ts
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ module.exports = {
   'Test Auto Deploy Lib': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
     let addressRef: string
     browser.verifyContracts(['test'])
+      .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
       .selectContract('test')
       .createContract('')
       .getAddressAtPosition(0, (address) => {
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ module.exports = {
       .clickLaunchIcon('solidity')
       .click('#compileTabView button[title="Compile"]') // that should generate the JSON artefact
       .verifyContracts(['test'])
+      .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
       .selectContract('lib') // deploy lib
       .createContract('')
       .perform((done) => {
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ function checkDeployShouldFail (browser: NightwatchBrowser, callback: VoidFuncti
       browser.setEditorValue(JSON.stringify(config))
     })
     .openFile('browser/Untitled5.sol')
+    .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
     .selectContract('test') // deploy lib
     .createContract('')
     .getText('div[class^="terminal"]', (value) => {
@@ -96,6 +99,7 @@ function checkDeployShouldSucceed (browser: NightwatchBrowser, address: string,
       browser.setEditorValue(JSON.stringify(config))
     })
     .openFile('browser/Untitled5.sol')
+    .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
     .selectContract('test') // deploy lib
     .createContract('')
     .getAddressAtPosition(1, (address) => {
diff --git a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/recorder.test.ts b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/recorder.test.ts
index 852951f2f4..e13130029d 100644
--- a/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/recorder.test.ts
+++ b/apps/remix-ide-e2e/src/tests/recorder.test.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ module.exports = {
         })
         .click('*[data-id="deployAndRunClearInstances"]')
         .testContracts('testRecorder.sol', sources[0]['browser/testRecorder.sol'], ['testRecorder'])
+        .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
         .createContract('12')
         .waitForElementPresent('.instance:nth-of-type(2)')
         .click('.instance:nth-of-type(2) > div > button')
@@ -57,19 +58,19 @@ module.exports = {
           browser.assert.equal(JSON.stringify(parsed.transactions[1].record.type), JSON.stringify(scenario.transactions[1].record.type))
           browser.assert.equal(JSON.stringify(parsed.transactions[1].record.from), JSON.stringify(scenario.transactions[1].record.from))
         })
-        .end()
   },
 
-  'Record more than one contract': '' + function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
+  'Record more than one contract': function (browser: NightwatchBrowser) {
     // deploy 2 contracts (2 different ABIs), save the record, reexecute and test one of the function.
     let addressRef
     browser
         .click('*[data-id="deployAndRunClearInstances"]')
         .testContracts('multipleContracts.sol', sources[1]['browser/multipleContracts.sol'], ['t1est', 't2est'])
+        .clickLaunchIcon('udapp')
         .selectContract('t1est')
         .pause(1000)
         .createContract('')
-        .pause(1000)
+        .clickInstance(0)
         .selectContract('t2est')
         .pause(1000)
         .createContract('')