diff --git a/core/http/react-ui/e2e/forking-chat.spec.js b/core/http/react-ui/e2e/forking-chat.spec.js
index b9424587c..3b26686de 100644
--- a/core/http/react-ui/e2e/forking-chat.spec.js
+++ b/core/http/react-ui/e2e/forking-chat.spec.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { test, expect } from './coverage-fixtures.js'
 // Seeds two-message chat into localStorage so we don't need a live model.
 async function seedChat(page, history) {
   await page.addInitScript((h) => {
+    if (localStorage.getItem('localai_chats_data')) return
     const chat = {
       id: 'seed1', name: 'Seeded Chat', model: 'test-model',
       history: h, systemPrompt: '', mcpMode: false, mcpServers: [],