diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6b8ed335b..29b3f462e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ These are designed to run against a local environment. The following apps must b
 `CYPRESS_DATABASE_URL=postgres://postgres:postgres@localhost:5432`
 `CYPRESS_USER_SERVICE_DB_NAME=gapuserlocaldb`
 
-The package.json includes shorthands to run:
+The package.json within admin/applicant includes shorthands to run:
 
 - `yarn workspace admin integration:gui` - run individual test cases against browser
 - `yarn integration` - runs all tests in headless mode
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ It is recommended that data teardown/setup happens as part of each test run ensu
 
 Various tasks have been added to perform tasks before and during test runs. These can be found in `cypress/plugins/index.js`
 
-`wiremock:selectUser` - this will edit the wiremock stub mapping to One login (/userInfo) to return either an applicant, admin or super-admin. This will act as the signed in user to perform the test actions
-`db:removeTestUsers` - this will remove test users directly to the database via sql
-`db:addTestUsers` - this will add test users directly to the database via sql
+`setup:user`
+
+- this will remove test users directly to the database via sql
+- this will add test users directly to the database via sql
+- this will edit the wiremock stub mapping to One login (/userInfo) to return either an applicant, admin or super-admin. This will act as the signed in user to perform the test actions
diff --git a/packages/admin/cypress/integration/super-admin-dashboard/super-admin-dashboard.spec.js b/packages/admin/cypress/integration/super-admin-dashboard/super-admin-dashboard.spec.js
index 9d26d82e7..e426830ad 100644
--- a/packages/admin/cypress/integration/super-admin-dashboard/super-admin-dashboard.spec.js
+++ b/packages/admin/cypress/integration/super-admin-dashboard/super-admin-dashboard.spec.js
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ import { login } from '../../utils/login';
 
 describe('super-admin-dashboard', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
-    cy.task('db:deleteTestUsers');
-    cy.task('db:addTestUsers');
-    cy.task('wiremock:selectUser', 'superAdmin');
+    cy.task('setup:user', 'superAdmin');
     login();
   });
 
diff --git a/packages/admin/cypress/plugins/index.js b/packages/admin/cypress/plugins/index.js
index 6914cf6ce..bab1c8a5b 100644
--- a/packages/admin/cypress/plugins/index.js
+++ b/packages/admin/cypress/plugins/index.js
@@ -24,18 +24,10 @@ module.exports = (on, config) => {
   // `on` is used to hook into various events Cypress emits
   // `config` is the resolved Cypress config
   on('task', {
-    'wiremock:selectUser': (user) => {
-      createUserInfoStub(user).then(() => {
-        console.log('User info stub created');
-      });
-      return null;
-    },
-    'db:addTestUsers': async () => {
-      await createTestUsers();
-      return null;
-    },
-    'db:deleteTestUsers': async () => {
+    'setup:user': async (user) => {
       await deleteTestUsers();
+      await createTestUsers();
+      await createUserInfoStub(user);
       return null;
     },
     log(message) {
diff --git a/packages/admin/cypress/seed/database.js b/packages/admin/cypress/seed/database.js
index 6ab513f3c..3e765e8fb 100644
--- a/packages/admin/cypress/seed/database.js
+++ b/packages/admin/cypress/seed/database.js
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ export const runSQL = async (filePath, dbName) => {
 
     console.log('SQL script executed successfully.');
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Error executing SQL script:', error);
+    console.error('Error executing SQL script:\n\n', error);
   }
 };
 
diff --git a/packages/admin/cypress/utils/wiremock.js b/packages/admin/cypress/utils/wiremock.js
index 41b429914..d59e1c74d 100644
--- a/packages/admin/cypress/utils/wiremock.js
+++ b/packages/admin/cypress/utils/wiremock.js
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ export const createUserInfoStub = async (user) => {
   };
 
   try {
-    const response = await axios.get(`${wireMockBaseUrl}/mappings`);
-    const existingMappings = response.data.mappings;
+    const {
+      data: { mappings: existingMappings },
+    } = await axios.get(`${wireMockBaseUrl}/mappings`);
 
     const existingMapping = existingMappings.find(
       (mapping) =>
@@ -50,9 +51,9 @@ export const createUserInfoStub = async (user) => {
         `${wireMockBaseUrl}/mappings`,
         userInfoStub
       );
-      console.log('New WireMock mapping created:', createResponse.data);
+      console.log('New WireMock mapping created:\n\n', createResponse.data);
     }
   } catch (error) {
-    console.error('Error creating/updating WireMock stub:', error.message);
+    console.error('Error creating/updating WireMock stub:\n\n', error);
   }
 };