diff --git a/cypress/integration/admin.spec.js b/cypress/integration/admin.spec.js
index 41ad5064..f9ccd5b4 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/admin.spec.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/admin.spec.js
@@ -1,87 +1,101 @@
 /**
  * Copyright (C) 2019  The Software Heritage developers
  * See the AUTHORS file at the top-level directory of this distribution
  * License: GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or any later version
  * See top-level LICENSE file for more information
  */
 
 const username = 'admin';
 const password = 'admin';
 const defaultRedirect = '/admin/origin/save/';
 
 let url;
 
 function login(username, password) {
   cy.get('input[name="username"]')
     .type(username)
     .get('input[name="password"]')
     .type(password)
     .get('form')
     .submit();
 }
 
 function logout() {
   cy.contains('a', 'logout')
     .click();
 }
 
 describe('Test Admin Features', function() {
   before(function() {
     url = this.Urls.admin();
   });
 
   it('should redirect to default page', function() {
     cy.visit(url);
     login(username, password);
 
     cy.location('pathname')
       .should('be.equal', defaultRedirect);
 
     logout();
   });
 
   it('should display admin-origin-save and deposit in sidebar', function() {
     cy.visit(url);
     login(username, password);
 
     cy.get(`.sidebar a[href="${this.Urls.admin_origin_save()}"]`)
       .should('be.visible');
 
     cy.get(`.sidebar a[href="${this.Urls.admin_deposit()}"]`)
       .should('be.visible');
 
     logout();
   });
 
   it('should display username on top-right', function() {
     cy.visit(url);
     login(username, password);
 
     cy.get('.swh-position-right')
       .should('contain', username);
 
     logout();
   });
 
   it('should prevent unauthorized access after logout', function() {
     cy.visit(this.Urls.admin_origin_save())
       .location('pathname')
       .should('be.equal', '/admin/login/');
     cy.visit(this.Urls.admin_deposit())
       .location('pathname')
       .should('be.equal', '/admin/login/');
   });
 
   it('should redirect to correct page after login', function() {
+    // mock calls to deposit list api to avoid possible errors
+    // while running the test
+    cy.server();
+    cy.route({
+      method: 'GET',
+      url: `${this.Urls.admin_deposit_list()}**`,
+      response: {
+        data: [],
+        recordsTotal: 0,
+        recordsFiltered: 0,
+        draw: 1
+      }
+    });
+
     cy.visit(this.Urls.admin_deposit())
       .location('search')
       .should('contain', `next=${this.Urls.admin_deposit()}`);
 
     login(username, password);
 
     cy.location('pathname')
       .should('be.equal', this.Urls.admin_deposit());
 
     logout();
   });
 });