diff --git a/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/lib/add-detox.ts b/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/lib/add-detox.ts
index 61cdc400cada1..981a118169afc 100644
--- a/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/lib/add-detox.ts
+++ b/packages/react-native/src/generators/application/lib/add-detox.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ export async function addDetox(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
   return detoxApplicationGenerator(host, {
     ...options,
     linter: Linter.EsLint,
-    e2eName: `${options.name}-e2e`,
-    e2eDirectory: options.directory,
+    e2eName: `${options.projectName}-e2e`,
+    e2eDirectory: `${options.appProjectRoot}-e2e`,
+    projectNameAndRootFormat: 'as-provided',
     appProject: options.projectName,
     appDisplayName: options.displayName,
     appName: options.name,