diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 18b659878..35366c80f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,3 +35,12 @@ pprof/*
 
 # Nohup Files - https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/nohup.1p.html
 nohup.*
+
+# Cypress tests
+cypress.env.json
+*/cypress/downloads
+*/cypress/fixtures
+*/cypress/plugins
+*/cypress/screenshots
+*/cypress/videos
+*/cypress/support
diff --git a/acceptanceTests/cypress.json b/acceptanceTests/cypress.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21abdfe9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptanceTests/cypress.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "watchForFileChanges":false,
+  "viewportWidth": 1920,
+  "viewportHeight": 1080,
+  "video": false,
+  "screenshotOnRunFailure": false,
+  "testFiles": ["tests/GuiPort.js"]
+}
diff --git a/acceptanceTests/cypress/integration/tests/GuiPort.js b/acceptanceTests/cypress/integration/tests/GuiPort.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf0199a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/acceptanceTests/cypress/integration/tests/GuiPort.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+it('check', function () {
+    cy.visit(`http://localhost:${Cypress.env('port')}/`)
+
+    cy.get('.header').should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('.TrafficPageHeader').should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('.TrafficPage-ListContainer').should('be.visible')
+    cy.get('.TrafficPage-Container').should('be.visible')
+})
diff --git a/acceptanceTests/tap_test.go b/acceptanceTests/tap_test.go
index 965b77c87..52a9410fa 100644
--- a/acceptanceTests/tap_test.go
+++ b/acceptanceTests/tap_test.go
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@ func TestTapGuiPort(t *testing.T) {
 				t.Errorf("failed to start tap pods on time, err: %v", err)
 				return
 			}
+
+			runCypressTests(t, fmt.Sprintf("npx cypress run --spec \"cypress/integration/tests/GuiPort.js\" --env port=%d", guiPort))
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/acceptanceTests/testsUtils.go b/acceptanceTests/testsUtils.go
index e1aee5806..2a2701d28 100644
--- a/acceptanceTests/testsUtils.go
+++ b/acceptanceTests/testsUtils.go
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"syscall"
+	"testing"
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/websocket"
@@ -143,6 +144,17 @@ func getDefaultViewCommandArgs() []string {
 	return append([]string{viewCommand}, defaultCmdArgs...)
 }
 
+func runCypressTests(t *testing.T, cypressRunCmd string) {
+	cypressCmd := exec.Command("bash", "-c", cypressRunCmd)
+	t.Logf("running command: %v", cypressCmd.String())
+	out, err := cypressCmd.Output()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Errorf("%s", out)
+		return
+	}
+	t.Logf("%s", out)
+}
+
 func retriesExecute(retriesCount int, executeFunc func() error) error {
 	var lastError interface{}