diff --git a/tests/e2e/specs/swap-tokens.spec.js b/tests/e2e/specs/swap-tokens.spec.js
index bd5f075..d223f97 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/specs/swap-tokens.spec.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/specs/swap-tokens.spec.js
@@ -25,26 +25,10 @@ describe('Swap Tokens Tests', () => {
         selectedChains: ['Agoric'],
       });
 
-      cy.getWalletAddress('Agoric').then(
-        address => (walletAddress.value = address)
-      );
-
-      // Provision IST for wallet
-      cy.origin(
-        'https://emerynet.faucet.agoric.net',
-        { args: { walletAddress, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT } },
-        ({ walletAddress, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT }) => {
-          cy.visit('/');
-          cy.get('[id="address"]').first().type(walletAddress.value);
-          cy.get('[type="radio"][value="client"]').click();
-          cy.get('[name="clientType"]').select('REMOTE_WALLET');
-
-          cy.get('[type="submit"]').first().click();
-          cy.get('body')
-            .contains('success', { timeout: DEFAULT_TIMEOUT })
-            .should('exist');
-        }
-      );
+      cy.getWalletAddress('Agoric').then(address => {
+        // provision IST
+        cy.provisionFromFaucet(address, 'client', 'REMOTE_WALLET');
+      });
     }
   });
 
diff --git a/tests/e2e/support.js b/tests/e2e/support.js
index 73d2d1f..d9eb65e 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/support.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/support.js
@@ -1 +1,22 @@
 import '@agoric/synpress/support/index';
+import { FACUET_HEADERS, FACUET_URL, DEFAULT_TIMEOUT } from './utils';
+
+Cypress.Commands.add(
+  'provisionFromFaucet',
+  (walletAddress, command, clientType) => {
+    cy.request({
+      method: 'POST',
+      url: FACUET_URL,
+      body: {
+        address: walletAddress,
+        command,
+        clientType,
+      },
+      headers: FACUET_HEADERS,
+      timeout: 4 * DEFAULT_TIMEOUT,
+      retryOnStatusCodeFailure: true,
+    }).then(resp => {
+      expect(resp.body).to.eq('success');
+    });
+  }
+);
diff --git a/tests/e2e/utils.js b/tests/e2e/utils.js
index a269518..02ed5c1 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/utils.js
+++ b/tests/e2e/utils.js
@@ -14,3 +14,11 @@ export const phrasesList = {
     isLocal: true,
   },
 };
+
+export const FACUET_URL = 'https://emerynet.faucet.agoric.net/go';
+
+export const FACUET_HEADERS = {
+  Accept:
+    'text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,image/avif,image/webp,image/apng,*/*;q=0.8,application/signed-exchange;v=b3;q=0.7',
+  'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
+};