diff --git a/e2e/auth_test.go b/e2e/auth_test.go
index 05a4c9b4..944f401a 100644
--- a/e2e/auth_test.go
+++ b/e2e/auth_test.go
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ func TestSnykAuthentication(t *testing.T) {
 	homeDir, cleanFunction := createSnykConfFile(t, "")
 	defer cleanFunction()
 
-	cmd, _, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
+	cmd, configDir, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
 	defer cleanup()
+	createScanConfigFile(t, configDir)
 
 	token := os.Getenv("E2E_TEST_AUTH_TOKEN")
 	assert.Assert(t, token != "", "E2E_TEST_AUTH_TOKEN needs to be filled")
@@ -67,8 +68,9 @@ func TestAuthenticationFlagFailsWithImage(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 func TestAuthenticationChecksToken(t *testing.T) {
-	cmd, _, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
+	cmd, configDir, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
 	defer cleanup()
+	createScanConfigFile(t, configDir)
 
 	cmd.Command = dockerCli.Command("scan", "--accept-license", "--login", "--token", "invalid-token")
 	icmd.RunCmd(cmd).Assert(t, icmd.Expected{
diff --git a/e2e/optin_test.go b/e2e/optin_test.go
index 1eb2989a..2ae46303 100644
--- a/e2e/optin_test.go
+++ b/e2e/optin_test.go
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Version:`))
 func TestRefuseOptinWithDisableFlag(t *testing.T) {
 	cmd, configDir, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
 	defer cleanup()
+	createScanConfigFile(t, configDir)
 
 	// docker scan --version should exit immediately
 	cmd.Command = dockerCli.Command("scan", "--reject-license", "--version")
diff --git a/e2e/scan_test.go b/e2e/scan_test.go
index 9303b28e..f9a13edb 100644
--- a/e2e/scan_test.go
+++ b/e2e/scan_test.go
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ func TestScanFailsNoAuthentication(t *testing.T) {
 
 	cmd, configDir, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
 	defer cleanup()
+	createScanConfigFile(t, configDir)
 
 	// write dockerCli config with authentication to a registry which isn't Hub
 	patchConfig(t, configDir, "com.example.registry", "invalid-user", "invalid-password")
@@ -66,8 +67,9 @@ func TestScanFailsWithCleanMessage(t *testing.T) {
 	_, cleanFunction := createSnykConfFile(t, "")
 	defer cleanFunction()
 
-	cmd, _, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
+	cmd, configDir, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
 	defer cleanup()
+	createScanConfigFile(t, configDir)
 
 	cmd.Command = dockerCli.Command("scan", "--accept-license", "example:image")
 	icmd.RunCmd(cmd).Assert(t, icmd.Expected{
diff --git a/e2e/version_test.go b/e2e/version_test.go
index d6ea0151..a9144ff6 100644
--- a/e2e/version_test.go
+++ b/e2e/version_test.go
@@ -93,15 +93,19 @@ Provider:   %s
 }
 
 func TestVersionWithoutSnykOrConfig(t *testing.T) {
-	cmd, _, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
+	cmd, configDir, cleanup := dockerCli.createTestCmd()
 	defer cleanup()
 
 	// docker scan --version should fail with a clean error
 	cmd.Command = dockerCli.Command("scan", "--accept-license", "--version")
-	icmd.RunCmd(cmd).Assert(t, icmd.Expected{
+	output := icmd.RunCmd(cmd).Assert(t, icmd.Expected{
 		ExitCode: 1,
-		Err:      "could not find Snyk binary",
-	})
+	}).Combined()
+	expected := fmt.Sprintf(
+		`failed to read docker scan configuration file. Please restart Docker Desktop: open %s/scan/config.json: no such file or directory
+`,
+		configDir)
+	assert.Equal(t, output, expected)
 }
 
 func getProviderVersion(env string) string {