diff --git a/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml b/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml
index 2bbd6868..5c0725aa 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines-automated-testing.yml
@@ -89,9 +89,11 @@ stages:
               -e CI=true \
               -e NODE_ENV=$(NODE_ENV) \
               $(dockerImageName):$(imageTag) \
-              bash -c "num_tests=$(npx playwright test --list --grep \"@$jira_card_number\")
+              bash -c "num_tests=$(npx playwright test playwright-tests --list --grep \"@$jira_card_number\")
+                echo $num_tests
                 num_tests=${num_tests#*Total: }
                 num_tests=${num_tests%% test*}
+                echo \"Extracted number of tests: $num_tests\"
                 if [[ $num_tests -lt $(shardNumber) ]]; then 
                   echo 'There are fewer tests than shards. Skipping this shard.'
                 else