diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/devfiles/PythonDjango.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/devfiles/PythonDjango.spec.ts
index fe22eb89475..874d83a960b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/devfiles/PythonDjango.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/devfiles/PythonDjango.spec.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
  **********************************************************************/
 import { NameGenerator } from '../../utils/NameGenerator';
-import { error } from 'selenium-webdriver';
 import 'reflect-metadata';
 import * as codeExecutionHelper from '../../testsLibrary/CodeExecutionTests';
 import * as workspaceHandler from '../../testsLibrary/WorksapceHandlingTests';
 import * as projectManager from '../../testsLibrary/ProjectAndFileTests';
-import { Logger } from '../../utils/Logger';
 
 const workspaceName: string = NameGenerator.generate('wksp-test-', 5);
 const workspaceStack: string = 'Python Django';
@@ -24,6 +22,7 @@ const taskInstallDependencies: string = 'install dependencies';
 const taskMigrate: string = 'migrate';
 const taskRunServer: string = 'run server';
 const taskExpectedDialogText: string = 'A process is now listening on port 7000';
+const taskCustomUrlSubpath: string = '/api/';
 
 suite(`${workspaceStack} test`, async () => {
 
@@ -43,16 +42,7 @@ suite(`${workspaceStack} test`, async () => {
     });
 
     suite('Run django server', async () => {
-        //todo: fix try catch block. exception is not being caught for some reason
-        try {
-            codeExecutionHelper.runTaskWithDialogShellAndOpenLink(taskRunServer, taskExpectedDialogText, 30_000);
-        } catch (err) {
-            Logger.debug(`Caught an exception while trying to run the Django example application server.`);
-            if (err instanceof error.TimeoutError) {
-                console.log(`        ⚠️ Python Django failed to load deployed example application server.`);
-                console.log(`        ⚠️ This issue is being reported here: `);
-            } else { throw err; }
-        }
+        codeExecutionHelper.runTaskWithDialogShellDjangoWorkaround(taskRunServer, taskExpectedDialogText, taskCustomUrlSubpath, 30_000);
     });
 
     suite('Stop and remove workspace', async() => {
diff --git a/tests/e2e/testsLibrary/CodeExecutionTests.ts b/tests/e2e/testsLibrary/CodeExecutionTests.ts
index 11063651a83..3cd1c8c8db8 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/testsLibrary/CodeExecutionTests.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/testsLibrary/CodeExecutionTests.ts
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0
  **********************************************************************/
 
-import { CLASSES, Terminal, TopMenu, Ide, DialogWindow } from '..';
+import { CLASSES, Terminal, TopMenu, Ide, DialogWindow, DriverHelper } from '..';
 import { e2eContainer } from '../inversify.config';
+import Axios from 'axios';
+import https from 'https';
 
 const terminal: Terminal = e2eContainer.get(CLASSES.Terminal);
 const topMenu: TopMenu = e2eContainer.get(CLASSES.TopMenu);
 const ide: Ide = e2eContainer.get(CLASSES.Ide);
 const dialogWindow: DialogWindow = e2eContainer.get(CLASSES.DialogWindow);
+const driverHelper: DriverHelper = e2eContainer.get(CLASSES.DriverHelper);
 
 export function runTask(taskName: string, timeout: number) {
     test(`Run command '${taskName}'`, async () => {
@@ -30,6 +33,24 @@ export function runTaskWithDialogShellAndOpenLink(taskName: string, expectedDial
     });
 }
 
+export function runTaskWithDialogShellDjangoWorkaround(taskName: string, expectedDialogText: string, urlSubPath: string, timeout: number) {
+    test(`Run command '${taskName}' expecting dialog shell`, async () => {
+        await topMenu.runTask(taskName);
+        await dialogWindow.waitDialog(timeout, expectedDialogText);
+        const dialogRedirectUrl: string = await dialogWindow.getApplicationUrlFromDialog(expectedDialogText);
+        const augmentedPreviewUrl: string = dialogRedirectUrl + urlSubPath;
+        await dialogWindow.closeDialog();
+        await dialogWindow.waitDialogDissappearance();
+        await driverHelper.getDriver().wait(async () => {
+            try {
+                const agent = new https.Agent({ rejectUnauthorized: false });
+                const res = await Axios.get(augmentedPreviewUrl, { httpsAgent: agent });
+                if (res.status === 200) { return true; }
+            } catch (error) { await driverHelper.wait(1_000); }
+        }, timeout);
+    });
+}
+
 export function runTaskWithDialogShellAndClose(taskName: string, expectedDialogText: string, timeout: number) {
     test(`Run command '${taskName}' expecting dialog shell`, async () => {
         await topMenu.runTask(taskName);