diff --git a/e2e-test/pom.xml b/e2e-test/pom.xml
index 93c03404d..9f43dc80e 100644
--- a/e2e-test/pom.xml
+++ b/e2e-test/pom.xml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
    <properties>
       <tas.rest.api.version>5.2.0.13-SNAPSHOT</tas.rest.api.version>
       <tas.cmis.api.version>5.2.0-3-SNAPSHOT</tas.cmis.api.version>
+      <tas.utility.version>1.0.32</tas.utility.version>
       <rm.version>2.6.0</rm.version>
       <suiteXmlFile>src/test/resources/SearchSuite.xml</suiteXmlFile>
       <test.exclude></test.exclude>
@@ -62,7 +63,23 @@
          <version>${rm.version}</version>
          <classifier>tests</classifier>
          <scope>test</scope>
-      </dependency>  
+      </dependency>
+        <!-- alfresco tester settings -->
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.alfresco.tas</groupId>
+            <artifactId>utility</artifactId>
+            <version>${tas.utility.version}</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+                    <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+                </exclusion>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>junit</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
+        </dependency>      
       <dependency>
          <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
          <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
diff --git a/e2e-test/src/test/java/org/alfresco/service/search/AbstractSearchServiceE2E.java b/e2e-test/src/test/java/org/alfresco/service/search/AbstractSearchServiceE2E.java
index 03d61d3a7..2c9399c0c 100644
--- a/e2e-test/src/test/java/org/alfresco/service/search/AbstractSearchServiceE2E.java
+++ b/e2e-test/src/test/java/org/alfresco/service/search/AbstractSearchServiceE2E.java
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.testng.AbstractTestNGSpringContextTests;
+import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeSuite;
 
 import lombok.Getter;
@@ -98,7 +99,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractSearchServiceE2E extends AbstractTestNGSpringConte
         {
             LOG.warn("Error Loading Custom Model", e);
         }
-        
+    }
+    
+    @BeforeClass(alwaysRun = true)
+    public void beforeClass() throws Exception
+    {      
         adminUserModel = dataUser.getAdminUser();
         testUser = dataUser.createRandomTestUser("UserSearch");