diff --git a/test/cypress/e2e/moderationDashboard.cy.ts b/test/cypress/e2e/moderationDashboard.cy.ts
index 554c9102..98624352 100644
--- a/test/cypress/e2e/moderationDashboard.cy.ts
+++ b/test/cypress/e2e/moderationDashboard.cy.ts
@@ -2,16 +2,14 @@ import enUS from '../../../i18n/locales/en.json'
 import fakeSubmissionResponse from '../../fake_data/moderation_dashboard/fakeSubmissionResponse.json'
 import { aliasQuery } from '../utils'
 
-before(() => {
-    cy.login()
-})
-
 describe('Moderation dashboard', () => {
     before(() => {
         cy.intercept('POST', '*', req => {
             aliasQuery(req, 'query Submissions', fakeSubmissionResponse)
         })
 
+        cy.login()
+
         cy.visit('/moderation')
         cy.wait('@query Submissions')
     })
@@ -115,6 +113,8 @@ describe('Moderation Edit Submission Form', () => {
                 aliasQuery(req, 'query Submissions', fakeSubmissionResponse)
             })
 
+            cy.login()
+
             cy.visit('/moderation')
             cy.wait('@query Submissions')
             cy.get('[data-testid="mod-submission-list-item-1"]').click()
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ describe('Moderation Edit Submission Modal', () => {
                 aliasQuery(req, 'query Submissions', fakeSubmissionResponse)
             })
 
+            cy.login()
+
             cy.visit('/moderation')
             cy.wait('@query Submissions')
             cy.get('[data-testid="mod-submission-list-item-1"]').click()
diff --git a/test/cypress/utils.ts b/test/cypress/utils.ts
index 77f908c7..c0334b01 100644
--- a/test/cypress/utils.ts
+++ b/test/cypress/utils.ts
@@ -20,9 +20,20 @@ export const auth0Login = () => {
     cy.url().should('equal', baseUrl)
 }
 
+// https://docs.cypress.io/api/commands/intercept#Interception-lifecycle
+export const requestHandler = (req: IncomingHttpRequest) => {
+    req.on('before:response', res => {
+        // force all API responses to not be cached
+        res.headers['cache-control'] = 'no-store'
+    })
+}
+
 // https://docs.cypress.io/app/guides/network-requests#Working-with-GraphQL
 export const aliasQuery = (req: IncomingHttpRequest, operation: string, responseBody: unknown) => {
+    requestHandler(req)
+
     if (!hasOperation(req, operation)) {
+        req.alias = 'Continue'
         req.continue()
         return
     }