diff --git a/.github/workflows/e2e-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/e2e-testing.yml
index c08c36da66..fa7507ee1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/e2e-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/e2e-testing.yml
@@ -18,11 +18,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build frontend
         run: MITOPEN_HOSTNAME=nginx:8063 yarn build
 
-      - name: Run services and E2E tests
-        run: |
-          docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml build
-          docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml up nginx web db --detach --wait
-          docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml cp e2e_testing/fixtures/002_carousel.sql db:/002_carousel.sql
-          docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml exec -u postgres db psql postgres postgres -f /002_carousel.sql
-          docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml run e2e-tests
-          docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml down
+      - name: Build services
+        run: docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml build
+
+      - name: Start services
+        run: docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml up nginx web db --detach --wait
+
+      - name: Apply test data
+        run: ./e2e_testing/scripts/apply-fixtures.sh
+
+      - name: Run E2E tests
+        run: docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml run e2e-tests
diff --git a/e2e_testing/scripts/apply-fixtures.sh b/e2e_testing/scripts/apply-fixtures.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4db46c18c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/e2e_testing/scripts/apply-fixtures.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+directory="e2e_testing/fixtures"
+
+for path in "$directory"/*; do
+	if [ -f "$path" ]; then
+		file=$(basename $path)
+		echo "Applying: $file"
+		docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml cp $path db:/$file
+		docker compose -f docker-compose-e2e-tests.yml exec -u postgres db psql postgres postgres -f /$file
+	fi
+done