diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 8cae2b74..70b96a06 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         replicas: ["1", "3"]
         test_cases:
           - { requests: 60, expected_replicas: 1 }
-          # remove broken test, put this back when scaling issues are solved
-          # - { requests: 300, expected_replicas: 2 }
+          - { requests: 300, expected_replicas: 2 }
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     name: E2E Lingo.replicas=${{ matrix.replicas }} requests=${{ matrix.test_cases.requests }} expected_replicas=${{ matrix.test_cases.expected_replicas }}
     steps:
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test.sh b/tests/e2e/test.sh
index 89924271..df94c6d5 100755
--- a/tests/e2e/test.sh
+++ b/tests/e2e/test.sh
@@ -104,9 +104,11 @@ until kubectl get deployment stapi-minilm-l6-v2; do
   sleep 1
 done
 
+
+checks=$((REQUESTS / 2))
 echo "Waiting for deployment to scale down back to 0 within ~2 minutes"
-for i in {1..30}; do
-  if [ "$i" -eq 30 ]; then
+for i in $(seq 1 ${checks}); do
+  if [ "${i}" -eq "${checks}" ]; then
     echo "Test failed: Expected 0 replica after not having requests for more than 1 minute, got $replicas"
     kubectl logs -l app=lingo --tail=-1
     exit 1