diff --git a/test/e2e/specs/httpd.spec.ts b/test/e2e/specs/httpd.spec.ts
index ec7fbb0e..eb20073a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/specs/httpd.spec.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/specs/httpd.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { browser } from '@wdio/globals'
-import type { OutputView } from 'wdio-vscode-service'
+import type { OutputView, Setting, SettingsEditor } from 'wdio-vscode-service'
+import { Key } from 'webdriverio'
+import { nodeHomePath } from '../constants/config'
 
 describe('Httpd', () => {
   it('receives success responses from httpd', async () => {
@@ -7,6 +9,19 @@ describe('Httpd', () => {
     await workbench.executeCommand('Show Everything Logged in the Output Panel')
     const outputView = await workbench.getBottomBar().openOutputView()
 
+    const settings = await workbench.openSettings()
+    const pathToNodeHomeSetting = await settings.findSetting(
+      'Path To Node Home',
+      'Radicle',
+      'Advanced',
+    )
+
+    await browser.waitUntil(async () => {
+      await setTextSettingValue(pathToNodeHomeSetting, nodeHomePath ?? '')
+
+      return (await getTextSettingValue(pathToNodeHomeSetting)) === nodeHomePath
+    })
+
     await expectOutputToContain(outputView, 'Using already unsealed Radicle identity')
   })
 })
@@ -28,3 +43,43 @@ async function expectOutputToContain(outputView: OutputView, expected: string) {
     },
   )
 }
+
+/**
+ * Workaround to get the value of a `TextSetting`.
+ * The `getValue` method of a `TextSetting` seems to be wrongly implemented and returns null.
+ */
+async function getTextSettingValue(setting: Setting) {
+  return await setting.textSetting$.getValue()
+}
+
+async function setTextSettingValue(setting: Setting, value: string) {
+  await clearTextSetting(setting)
+  await setting.setValue(value)
+}
+
+async function clearTextSetting(setting: Setting) {
+  /**
+   * `.setValue('')` updates the value of the input but does not trigger an
+   * update in the extension. Not sure if this is a bug in the extension, vscode, or
+   * webdriverio.
+   *
+   * The following is a workaround that does trigger an update in the extension.
+   */
+  if ((await getTextSettingValue(setting)) === '') {
+    return
+  }
+
+  await setting.textSetting$.click()
+  await browser.keys([Key.Ctrl, 'a'])
+  await browser.keys(Key.Backspace)
+}
+
+async function getSettingsSearchBox(settings: SettingsEditor) {
+  return await settings.elem.$(settings.locatorMap.Editor['inputArea'] as string)
+}
+
+async function clearInput(input: WebdriverIO.Element) {
+  await input.setValue('')
+  await browser.keys([Key.Ctrl, 'a'])
+  await browser.keys(Key.Backspace)
+}