diff --git a/src/libs/E2E/reactNativeLaunchingTest.js b/src/libs/E2E/reactNativeLaunchingTest.js
index 869f5d1f1f1a..f8bb59274b49 100644
--- a/src/libs/E2E/reactNativeLaunchingTest.js
+++ b/src/libs/E2E/reactNativeLaunchingTest.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 import Performance from '../Performance';
+import * as Metrics from '../Metrics';
 
 // start the usual app
 Performance.markStart('regularAppStart');
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ console.debug('==========================');
 console.debug('==== Running e2e test ====');
 console.debug('==========================');
 
+// Check if the performance module is available
+if (!Metrics.canCapturePerformanceMetrics()) {
+    throw new Error('Performance module not available! Please set CAPTURE_METRICS=true in your environment file!');
+}
+
 // import your test here, define its name and config first in e2e/config.js
 const tests = {
     [E2EConfig.TEST_NAMES.AppStartTime]: require('./tests/appStartTimeTest.e2e').default,
@@ -36,20 +42,28 @@ const appReady = new Promise((resolve) => {
     });
 });
 
-E2EClient.getTestConfig().then((config) => {
-    const test = tests[config.name];
-    if (!test) {
-        // instead of throwing, report the error to the server, which is better for DX
-        return E2EClient.submitTestResults({
-            name: config.name,
-            error: `Test '${config.name}' not found`,
-        });
-    }
-    console.debug(`[E2E] Configured for test ${config.name}. Waiting for app to become ready`);
-
-    appReady.then(() => {
-        console.debug('[E2E] App is ready, running test…');
-        Performance.measureFailSafe('appStartedToReady', 'regularAppStart');
-        test();
+E2EClient.getTestConfig()
+    .then((config) => {
+        const test = tests[config.name];
+        if (!test) {
+            // instead of throwing, report the error to the server, which is better for DX
+            return E2EClient.submitTestResults({
+                name: config.name,
+                error: `Test '${config.name}' not found`,
+            });
+        }
+
+        console.debug(`[E2E] Configured for test ${config.name}. Waiting for app to become ready`);
+        appReady
+            .then(() => {
+                console.debug('[E2E] App is ready, running test…');
+                Performance.measureFailSafe('appStartedToReady', 'regularAppStart');
+                test();
+            })
+            .catch((error) => {
+                console.error('[E2E] Error while waiting for app to become ready', error);
+            });
+    })
+    .catch((error) => {
+        console.error("[E2E] Error while running test. Couldn't get test config!", error);
     });
-});