diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b20287474a..a01e00f090 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ test-mssql-migration: migrations.mssql.test migrations.individual.mssql.test
 .PHONY: test-e2e
 test-e2e: deps-frontend
 	@$(NODE_VARS) pnpm exec playwright install --with-deps chromium $(PLAYWRIGHT_FLAGS)
-	EXECUTABLE=./$(EXECUTABLE) ./tools/test-e2e.sh $(E2E_FLAGS)
+	EXECUTABLE=$(EXECUTABLE) ./tools/test-e2e.sh $(E2E_FLAGS)
 
 .PHONY: bench-sqlite
 bench-sqlite: integrations.sqlite.test generate-ini-sqlite
diff --git a/tools/test-e2e.sh b/tools/test-e2e.sh
index b6eecd08bd..24a9a65162 100755
--- a/tools/test-e2e.sh
+++ b/tools/test-e2e.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
+EXECUTABLE="./${EXECUTABLE}"
+
 # Determine the Gitea server URL, either from E2E_URL env var or from custom/conf/app.ini
 if [ -z "${E2E_URL:-}" ]; then
   INI_FILE="custom/conf/app.ini"