diff --git a/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/cypress/e2e/transcript-export_specs.js b/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/cypress/e2e/transcript-export_specs.js
index 9646645b..ac6e2a64 100644
--- a/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/cypress/e2e/transcript-export_specs.js
+++ b/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/cypress/e2e/transcript-export_specs.js
@@ -23,9 +23,10 @@ context("Transcript Export Tests", () => {
         return text.replace(/\n/g, '')
     }
 
+    let userName
     beforeEach(() => {
+        userName = Cypress.env('oauthMode') ? 'foo bar (foo)' : 'user1'
         const getFileName = (projName) => {
-            const userName = Cypress.env('oauthMode') ? 'foo bar (foo)' : 'user1'
             return `./cypress/downloads/${projName} - ${userName} - Transcript.pdf`
         }
         Cypress.Commands.add("readTranscript", (pathToPdf) => {
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ context("Transcript Export Tests", () => {
                 expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('Level: 0 / 5 ')
                 expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('Points: 0 / 100 ')
                 expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('Skills: 0 / 2 ')
-                expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('user1')
+                expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include(userName)
                 expect(clean(doc.text)).to.not.include('Badges')
 
                 // should be a title on the 2nd page
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ context("Transcript Export Tests", () => {
                 expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('Level: 0 / 5 ')
                 expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('Points: 0 / 100 ')
                 expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('Skills: 0 / 2 ')
-                expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('user1')
+                expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include(userName)
                 expect(clean(doc.text)).to.not.include('Badges')
 
                 // should be a title on the 2nd page
@@ -111,7 +112,6 @@ context("Transcript Export Tests", () => {
                 expect(clean(doc.text)).to.not.include('null')
             })
         });
-
         if (!Cypress.env('oauthMode')) {
             it('export user transcript - community protected header', () => {
                 cy.intercept('GET', '/public/config', (req) => {
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ context("Transcript Export Tests", () => {
                     expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('Level: 0 / 5 ')
                     expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('Points: 0 / 100 ')
                     expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('Skills: 0 / 2 ')
-                    expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include('user1')
+                    expect(clean(doc.text)).to.include(userName)
                     expect(clean(doc.text)).to.not.include('Badges')
 
                     // should be a title on the 2nd page
diff --git a/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/cypress/support/e2e.js b/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/cypress/support/e2e.js
index 25eac9ee..fb125646 100644
--- a/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/cypress/support/e2e.js
+++ b/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/cypress/support/e2e.js
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     cy.request('api/config').then(resp => {
       cy.backendRegister(vars.rootUser, vars.defaultPass, true);
       cy.backendRegister(vars.defaultUser, vars.defaultPass);  // used by the skills-int-service app
-      const oauthMode = resp.body.authenticator === 'hydra' || resp.body.authenticator === 'http://localhost:8080/oauth2/authorization/hydra'
-      Cypress.env('oauthMode', oauthMode)
-      if (!oauthMode) {
+      if (!Cypress.env('oauthMode')) {
         cy.backendLogin(vars.defaultUser, vars.defaultPass);
         Cypress.env('proxyUser', 'user1')
         Cypress.env('tokenUrl', '/api/users/user1/token')
diff --git a/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/package.json b/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/package.json
index 5a261bae..da66e441 100644
--- a/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/package.json
+++ b/skills-client-integration/skills-int-e2e-test/package.json
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@
     "licenseCheck": "npm run licenseHeaderCheck && npm run licenseDepCheck",
     "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1",
     "cy:open": "cypress open",
+    "cy:open:oauth": "cypress open --env oauthMode=true",
     "cy:run": "npm run licenseCheck && cypress run",
-    "cy:run:oauth": "npm run licenseCheck && cypress run --env authMode=oauth",
+    "cy:run:oauth": "npm run licenseCheck && cypress run --env oauthMode=true",
     "cy:run:timeout": "npm run licenseCheck && cypress run --env timeout=true --spec \"cypress/e2e/timeout.specs.js\"",
     "cy:open:dev:js": "cypress open --config baseUrl=http://localhost:8092",
     "cy:open:dev:ng": "cypress open --config baseUrl=http://localhost:4200",