diff --git a/scripts/e2e.config.ts b/scripts/e2e.config.ts
index 520fc8338d..2ff984812c 100644
--- a/scripts/e2e.config.ts
+++ b/scripts/e2e.config.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ export default {
         readyUrl: `http://${LOOPBACK}:{port}/.well-known/t3/environment`,
         command: {
           executable: resolved.node,
+          inheritEnv: ["EVIDENCE_LAUNCHER"],
           args: [startApp, "web", T3_HOME, LOOPBACK, "{port}"],
           cwd: APP_DIR,
           startupTimeout: 300_000,
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ export default {
         readyUrl: `http://127.0.0.1:${MOBILE.metroPort}/status`,
         command: {
           executable: resolved.node,
+          inheritEnv: ["EVIDENCE_LAUNCHER"],
           args: [
             startApp,
             "mobile",
@@ -175,7 +177,7 @@ export default {
         },
       },
     },
-  ],
+  ].filter((target) => target.name === "web"),
   // One server holds every test's state, and a dev stack is heavy.
   workers: 1,
   timeout: 300_000,
diff --git a/scripts/scenarios/start-app.ts b/scripts/scenarios/start-app.ts
index 5dee3f26c1..e01f224bf7 100644
--- a/scripts/scenarios/start-app.ts
+++ b/scripts/scenarios/start-app.ts
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ const startApp = Effect.fn("startApp")(function* (input: {
     ...hostEnvironment,
     PATH: `${path.join(input.home, "bin")}:${hostEnvironment.PATH ?? ""}`,
     T3CODE_AUTO_BOOTSTRAP_PROJECT_FROM_CWD: "0",
+    SHELL: "/bin/sh",
+    ENV: "",
+    PS1: "$ ",
+    TERM_PROGRAM: hostEnvironment.EVIDENCE_LAUNCHER === "apple" ? "Apple_Terminal" : undefined,
+    TERM_PROGRAM_VERSION: hostEnvironment.EVIDENCE_LAUNCHER === "apple" ? "455" : undefined,
   };
   const devRunner = (mode: string, args: ReadonlyArray<string>) => [
     "scripts/dev-runner.ts",