diff --git a/examples/app_multi_node/README.md b/examples/app_multi_node/README.md
index 23e7afa23d68e..0fd2f369bb786 100644
--- a/examples/app_multi_node/README.md
+++ b/examples/app_multi_node/README.md
@@ -28,9 +28,9 @@ lightning run app train_lite.py
 
 Using Lite, you retain control over your loops while accessing in a minimal way all Lightning distributed strategies.
 
-## Multi Node with PyTorch Lightning
+## Multi Node with Lightning Trainer
 
-Lightning supports running PyTorch Lightning from a script or within a Lightning Work.
+Lightning supports running Lightning Trainer from a script or within a Lightning Work.
 
 You can either run a script directly
 
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md b/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
index b08c7edae7bf7..915545f8677b1 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/lightning_app/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 - Fixed bi-directional queues sending delta with Drive Component name changes ([#15642](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/15642))
 
 
+- Fixed CloudRuntime works collection with structures and accelerated multi node startup time ([#15650](https://github.com/Lightning-AI/lightning/pull/15650))
+
 
 ## [1.8.0] - 2022-11-01
 
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/components/database/server.py b/src/lightning_app/components/database/server.py
index a5499aaae17b8..01bd8f3b12033 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/components/database/server.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/components/database/server.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import threading
+import traceback
 from typing import List, Optional, Type, Union
 
 import uvicorn
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ def install_signal_handlers(self):
         """Ignore Uvicorn Signal Handlers."""
 
 
+_lock = threading.Lock()
+
+
 class Database(LightningWork):
     def __init__(
         self,
@@ -146,25 +150,29 @@ class CounterModel(SQLModel, table=True):
         self._exit_event = None
 
     def store_database(self):
-        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-            tmp_db_filename = os.path.join(tmpdir, os.path.basename(self.db_filename))
+        try:
+            with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+                tmp_db_filename = os.path.join(tmpdir, os.path.basename(self.db_filename))
 
-            source = sqlite3.connect(self.db_filename)
-            dest = sqlite3.connect(tmp_db_filename)
+                source = sqlite3.connect(self.db_filename)
+                dest = sqlite3.connect(tmp_db_filename)
 
-            source.backup(dest)
+                source.backup(dest)
 
-            source.close()
-            dest.close()
+                source.close()
+                dest.close()
 
-            drive = Drive("lit://database", component_name=self.name, root_folder=tmpdir)
-            drive.put(os.path.basename(tmp_db_filename))
+                drive = Drive("lit://database", component_name=self.name, root_folder=tmpdir)
+                drive.put(os.path.basename(tmp_db_filename))
 
-        print("Stored the database to the Drive.")
+            print("Stored the database to the Drive.")
+        except Exception:
+            print(traceback.print_exc())
 
     def periodic_store_database(self, store_interval):
         while not self._exit_event.is_set():
-            self.store_database()
+            with _lock:
+                self.store_database()
             self._exit_event.wait(store_interval)
 
     def run(self, token: Optional[str] = None) -> None:
@@ -210,4 +218,5 @@ def db_url(self) -> Optional[str]:
 
     def on_exit(self):
         self._exit_event.set()
-        self.store_database()
+        with _lock:
+            self.store_database()
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/base.py b/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/base.py
index 02adf218d3e36..4f2005771212a 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/base.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/components/multi_node/base.py
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 from lightning_app import structures
 from lightning_app.core.flow import LightningFlow
 from lightning_app.core.work import LightningWork
-from lightning_app.utilities.enum import WorkStageStatus
 from lightning_app.utilities.packaging.cloud_compute import CloudCompute
 
 
@@ -52,46 +51,31 @@ def run(
             work_kwargs: Keywords arguments to be provided to the work on instantiation.
         """
         super().__init__()
-        self.ws = structures.List()
-        self._work_cls = work_cls
-        self.num_nodes = num_nodes
-        self._cloud_compute = cloud_compute
-        self._work_args = work_args
-        self._work_kwargs = work_kwargs
-        self.has_started = False
+        self.ws = structures.List(
+            *[
+                work_cls(
+                    *work_args,
+                    cloud_compute=cloud_compute,
+                    **work_kwargs,
+                    parallel=True,
+                )
+                for _ in range(num_nodes)
+            ]
+        )
 
     def run(self) -> None:
-        if not self.has_started:
-
-            # 1. Create & start the works
-            if not self.ws:
-                for node_rank in range(self.num_nodes):
-                    self.ws.append(
-                        self._work_cls(
-                            *self._work_args,
-                            cloud_compute=self._cloud_compute,
-                            **self._work_kwargs,
-                            parallel=True,
-                        )
-                    )
-
-                    # Starting node `node_rank`` ...
-                    self.ws[-1].start()
-
-            # 2. Wait for all machines to be started !
-            if not all(w.status.stage == WorkStageStatus.STARTED for w in self.ws):
-                return
-
-            self.has_started = True
+        # 1. Wait for all works to be started !
+        if not all(w.internal_ip for w in self.ws):
+            return
 
-        # Loop over all node machines
-        for node_rank in range(self.num_nodes):
+        # 2. Loop over all node machines
+        for node_rank in range(len(self.ws)):
 
             # 3. Run the user code in a distributed way !
             self.ws[node_rank].run(
                 main_address=self.ws[0].internal_ip,
                 main_port=self.ws[0].port,
-                num_nodes=self.num_nodes,
+                num_nodes=len(self.ws),
                 node_rank=node_rank,
             )
 
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/core/app.py b/src/lightning_app/core/app.py
index 9620f4bb96cc6..255f498507f67 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/core/app.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/core/app.py
@@ -472,6 +472,8 @@ def _run(self) -> bool:
         self._original_state = deepcopy(self.state)
         done = False
 
+        self._start_with_flow_works()
+
         if self.should_publish_changes_to_api and self.api_publish_state_queue:
             logger.debug("Publishing the state with changes")
             # Push two states to optimize start in the cloud.
@@ -668,3 +670,11 @@ def _send_flow_to_work_deltas(self, state) -> None:
             if deep_diff:
                 logger.debug(f"Sending deep_diff to {w.name} : {deep_diff}")
                 self.flow_to_work_delta_queues[w.name].put(deep_diff)
+
+    def _start_with_flow_works(self):
+        for w in self.works:
+            if w._start_with_flow:
+                parallel = w.parallel
+                w._parallel = True
+                w.start()
+                w._parallel = parallel
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/runners/cloud.py b/src/lightning_app/runners/cloud.py
index c551c1c76ec57..1011ba64463b8 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/runners/cloud.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/runners/cloud.py
@@ -142,78 +142,77 @@ def dispatch(
             v1_env_vars.append(V1EnvVar(name="ENABLE_PUSHING_STATE_ENDPOINT", value="0"))
 
         works: List[V1Work] = []
-        for flow in self.app.flows:
-            for work in flow.works(recurse=False):
-                if not work._start_with_flow:
-                    continue
-
-                work_requirements = "\n".join(work.cloud_build_config.requirements)
-                build_spec = V1BuildSpec(
-                    commands=work.cloud_build_config.build_commands(),
-                    python_dependencies=V1PythonDependencyInfo(
-                        package_manager=V1PackageManager.PIP, packages=work_requirements
-                    ),
-                    image=work.cloud_build_config.image,
-                )
-                user_compute_config = V1UserRequestedComputeConfig(
-                    name=work.cloud_compute.name,
-                    count=1,
-                    disk_size=work.cloud_compute.disk_size,
-                    preemptible=work.cloud_compute.preemptible,
-                    shm_size=work.cloud_compute.shm_size,
-                )
+        for work in self.app.works:
+            if not work._start_with_flow:
+                continue
 
-                drive_specs: List[V1LightningworkDrives] = []
-                for drive_attr_name, drive in [
-                    (k, getattr(work, k)) for k in work._state if isinstance(getattr(work, k), Drive)
-                ]:
-                    if drive.protocol == "lit://":
-                        drive_type = V1DriveType.NO_MOUNT_S3
-                        source_type = V1SourceType.S3
-                    else:
-                        raise RuntimeError(
-                            f"unknown drive protocol `{drive.protocol}`. Please verify this "
-                            f"drive type has been configured for use in the cloud dispatcher."
-                        )
+            work_requirements = "\n".join(work.cloud_build_config.requirements)
+            build_spec = V1BuildSpec(
+                commands=work.cloud_build_config.build_commands(),
+                python_dependencies=V1PythonDependencyInfo(
+                    package_manager=V1PackageManager.PIP, packages=work_requirements
+                ),
+                image=work.cloud_build_config.image,
+            )
+            user_compute_config = V1UserRequestedComputeConfig(
+                name=work.cloud_compute.name,
+                count=1,
+                disk_size=work.cloud_compute.disk_size,
+                preemptible=work.cloud_compute.preemptible,
+                shm_size=work.cloud_compute.shm_size,
+            )
 
-                    drive_specs.append(
-                        V1LightningworkDrives(
-                            drive=V1Drive(
-                                metadata=V1Metadata(
-                                    name=f"{work.name}.{drive_attr_name}",
-                                ),
-                                spec=V1DriveSpec(
-                                    drive_type=drive_type,
-                                    source_type=source_type,
-                                    source=f"{drive.protocol}{drive.id}",
-                                ),
-                                status=V1DriveStatus(),
+            drive_specs: List[V1LightningworkDrives] = []
+            for drive_attr_name, drive in [
+                (k, getattr(work, k)) for k in work._state if isinstance(getattr(work, k), Drive)
+            ]:
+                if drive.protocol == "lit://":
+                    drive_type = V1DriveType.NO_MOUNT_S3
+                    source_type = V1SourceType.S3
+                else:
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                        f"unknown drive protocol `{drive.protocol}`. Please verify this "
+                        f"drive type has been configured for use in the cloud dispatcher."
+                    )
+
+                drive_specs.append(
+                    V1LightningworkDrives(
+                        drive=V1Drive(
+                            metadata=V1Metadata(
+                                name=f"{work.name}.{drive_attr_name}",
+                            ),
+                            spec=V1DriveSpec(
+                                drive_type=drive_type,
+                                source_type=source_type,
+                                source=f"{drive.protocol}{drive.id}",
                             ),
-                            mount_location=str(drive.root_folder),
+                            status=V1DriveStatus(),
                         ),
-                    )
+                        mount_location=str(drive.root_folder),
+                    ),
+                )
 
-                # TODO: Move this to the CloudCompute class and update backend
-                if work.cloud_compute.mounts is not None:
-                    mounts = work.cloud_compute.mounts
-                    if isinstance(mounts, Mount):
-                        mounts = [mounts]
-                    for mount in mounts:
-                        drive_specs.append(
-                            _create_mount_drive_spec(
-                                work_name=work.name,
-                                mount=mount,
-                            )
+            # TODO: Move this to the CloudCompute class and update backend
+            if work.cloud_compute.mounts is not None:
+                mounts = work.cloud_compute.mounts
+                if isinstance(mounts, Mount):
+                    mounts = [mounts]
+                for mount in mounts:
+                    drive_specs.append(
+                        _create_mount_drive_spec(
+                            work_name=work.name,
+                            mount=mount,
                         )
+                    )
 
-                random_name = "".join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(5))
-                work_spec = V1LightningworkSpec(
-                    build_spec=build_spec,
-                    drives=drive_specs,
-                    user_requested_compute_config=user_compute_config,
-                    network_config=[V1NetworkConfig(name=random_name, port=work.port)],
-                )
-                works.append(V1Work(name=work.name, spec=work_spec))
+            random_name = "".join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(5))
+            work_spec = V1LightningworkSpec(
+                build_spec=build_spec,
+                drives=drive_specs,
+                user_requested_compute_config=user_compute_config,
+                network_config=[V1NetworkConfig(name=random_name, port=work.port)],
+            )
+            works.append(V1Work(name=work.name, spec=work_spec))
 
         # We need to collect a spec for each flow that contains a frontend so that the backend knows
         # for which flows it needs to start servers by invoking the cli (see the serve_frontend() method below)
diff --git a/src/lightning_app/utilities/proxies.py b/src/lightning_app/utilities/proxies.py
index 5ec99f222e47d..07b03da7d9201 100644
--- a/src/lightning_app/utilities/proxies.py
+++ b/src/lightning_app/utilities/proxies.py
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ class ProxyWorkRun:
     caller_queue: "BaseQueue"
 
     def __post_init__(self):
-        self.cache_calls = self.work.cache_calls
-        self.parallel = self.work.parallel
         self.work_state = None
 
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
@@ -123,7 +121,7 @@ def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
 
         # The if/else conditions are left un-compressed to simplify readability
         # for the readers.
-        if self.cache_calls:
+        if self.work.cache_calls:
             if not entered or stopped_on_sigterm:
                 _send_data_to_caller_queue(self, self.work, self.caller_queue, data, call_hash)
             else:
@@ -137,7 +135,7 @@ def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
                     # the previous task has completed and we can re-queue the next one.
                     # overriding the return value for next loop iteration.
                     _send_data_to_caller_queue(self, self.work, self.caller_queue, data, call_hash)
-        if not self.parallel:
+        if not self.work.parallel:
             raise CacheMissException("Task never called before. Triggered now")
 
     def _validate_call_args(self, args: Tuple[Any, ...], kwargs: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
diff --git a/tests/tests_app/components/database/test_client_server.py b/tests/tests_app/components/database/test_client_server.py
index 6ebec90ff9b1e..7b193d8f74c20 100644
--- a/tests/tests_app/components/database/test_client_server.py
+++ b/tests/tests_app/components/database/test_client_server.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 import sys
 import tempfile
 import time
+import traceback
 from pathlib import Path
 from time import sleep
 from typing import List, Optional
@@ -197,7 +198,9 @@ def run(self):
                 assert len(self._client.select_all()) == 1
                 self._exit()
 
-    with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
-
-        app = LightningApp(Flow(tmpdir))
-        MultiProcessRuntime(app).dispatch()
+    try:
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            app = LightningApp(Flow(tmpdir))
+            MultiProcessRuntime(app).dispatch()
+    except Exception:
+        print(traceback.print_exc())
diff --git a/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_api.py b/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_api.py
index a0069f1314841..d81c72c06f071 100644
--- a/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_api.py
+++ b/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_api.py
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 class WorkA(LightningWork):
     def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__(parallel=True)
+        super().__init__(parallel=True, start_with_flow=False)
         self.var_a = 0
         self.drive = Drive("lit://test_app_state_api")
 
diff --git a/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_app.py b/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_app.py
index d95cac9899761..1b438f14632bb 100644
--- a/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_app.py
+++ b/tests/tests_app/core/test_lightning_app.py
@@ -247,10 +247,9 @@ def test_get_component_by_name_raises():
         app.get_component_by_name("root.b.w_b.c")
 
 
-@pytest.mark.parametrize("runtime_cls", [SingleProcessRuntime, MultiProcessRuntime])
-def test_nested_component(runtime_cls):
+def test_nested_component():
     app = LightningApp(A(), log_level="debug")
-    runtime_cls(app, start_server=False).dispatch()
+    MultiProcessRuntime(app, start_server=False).dispatch()
     assert app.root.w_a.c == 1
     assert app.root.b.w_b.c == 1
     assert app.root.b.c.w_c.c == 1
@@ -601,9 +600,10 @@ def run(self):
 
 
 class CheckpointFlow(LightningFlow):
-    def __init__(self, work: LightningWork, depth=0):
+    def __init__(self, work: CheckpointCounter, depth=0):
         super().__init__()
         self.depth = depth
+
         if depth == 0:
             self.counter = 0
 
@@ -613,10 +613,9 @@ def __init__(self, work: LightningWork, depth=0):
             self.flow = CheckpointFlow(work, depth + 1)
 
     def run(self):
-        if hasattr(self, "counter"):
-            self.counter += 1
-            if self.counter > 5:
-                self._exit()
+        if self.works()[0].counter == 5:
+            self._exit()
+
         if self.depth >= 10:
             self.work.run()
         else:
@@ -627,19 +626,16 @@ def test_lightning_app_checkpointing_with_nested_flows():
     work = CheckpointCounter()
     app = LightningApp(CheckpointFlow(work))
     app.checkpointing = True
-    SingleProcessRuntime(app, start_server=False).dispatch()
+    MultiProcessRuntime(app, start_server=False).dispatch()
 
-    assert app.root.counter == 6
     assert app.root.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.work.counter == 5
 
     work = CheckpointCounter()
     app = LightningApp(CheckpointFlow(work))
-    assert app.root.counter == 0
     assert app.root.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.work.counter == 0
 
     app.load_state_dict_from_checkpoint_dir(app.checkpoint_dir)
     # The counter was increment to 6 after the latest checkpoints was created.
-    assert app.root.counter == 5
     assert app.root.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.flow.work.counter == 5
 
 
@@ -956,8 +952,8 @@ def run(self):
 def test_state_size_constant_growth():
     app = LightningApp(SizeFlow())
     MultiProcessRuntime(app, start_server=False).dispatch()
-    assert app.root._state_sizes[0] <= 6952
-    assert app.root._state_sizes[20] <= 26080
+    assert app.root._state_sizes[0] <= 7824
+    assert app.root._state_sizes[20] <= 26500
 
 
 class FlowUpdated(LightningFlow):
diff --git a/tests/tests_app/runners/test_cloud.py b/tests/tests_app/runners/test_cloud.py
index 23a465968efc8..f6764bb692868 100644
--- a/tests/tests_app/runners/test_cloud.py
+++ b/tests/tests_app/runners/test_cloud.py
@@ -402,7 +402,6 @@ def test_call_with_work_app(self, lightningapps, start_with_flow, monkeypatch, t
         monkeypatch.setattr(cloud, "LocalSourceCodeDir", mock.MagicMock())
         monkeypatch.setattr(cloud, "_prepare_lightning_wheels_and_requirements", mock.MagicMock())
         app = mock.MagicMock()
-        flow = mock.MagicMock()
 
         work = MyWork(start_with_flow=start_with_flow)
         monkeypatch.setattr(work, "_name", "test-work")
@@ -412,8 +411,7 @@ def test_call_with_work_app(self, lightningapps, start_with_flow, monkeypatch, t
         monkeypatch.setattr(work._cloud_compute, "disk_size", 0)
         monkeypatch.setattr(work, "_port", 8080)
 
-        flow.works = lambda recurse: [work]
-        app.flows = [flow]
+        app.works = [work]
         cloud_runtime = cloud.CloudRuntime(app=app, entrypoint_file=(source_code_root_dir / "entrypoint.py"))
         monkeypatch.setattr(
             "lightning_app.runners.cloud._get_project",
@@ -575,7 +573,6 @@ def test_call_with_work_app_and_attached_drives(self, lightningapps, monkeypatch
         monkeypatch.setattr(cloud, "LocalSourceCodeDir", mock.MagicMock())
         monkeypatch.setattr(cloud, "_prepare_lightning_wheels_and_requirements", mock.MagicMock())
         app = mock.MagicMock()
-        flow = mock.MagicMock()
 
         mocked_drive = MagicMock(spec=Drive)
         setattr(mocked_drive, "id", "foobar")
@@ -598,8 +595,7 @@ def test_call_with_work_app_and_attached_drives(self, lightningapps, monkeypatch
         monkeypatch.setattr(work._cloud_compute, "disk_size", 0)
         monkeypatch.setattr(work, "_port", 8080)
 
-        flow.works = lambda recurse: [work]
-        app.flows = [flow]
+        app.works = [work]
         cloud_runtime = cloud.CloudRuntime(app=app, entrypoint_file=(source_code_root_dir / "entrypoint.py"))
         monkeypatch.setattr(
             "lightning_app.runners.cloud._get_project",
@@ -712,7 +708,6 @@ def test_call_with_work_app_and_app_comment_command_execution_set(self, lightnin
         monkeypatch.setattr(cloud, "LocalSourceCodeDir", mock.MagicMock())
         monkeypatch.setattr(cloud, "_prepare_lightning_wheels_and_requirements", mock.MagicMock())
         app = mock.MagicMock()
-        flow = mock.MagicMock()
 
         work = MyWork()
         monkeypatch.setattr(work, "_state", {"_port"})
@@ -723,8 +718,7 @@ def test_call_with_work_app_and_app_comment_command_execution_set(self, lightnin
         monkeypatch.setattr(work._cloud_compute, "disk_size", 0)
         monkeypatch.setattr(work, "_port", 8080)
 
-        flow.works = lambda recurse: [work]
-        app.flows = [flow]
+        app.works = [work]
         cloud_runtime = cloud.CloudRuntime(app=app, entrypoint_file=(source_code_root_dir / "entrypoint.py"))
         monkeypatch.setattr(
             "lightning_app.runners.cloud._get_project",
@@ -829,7 +823,6 @@ def test_call_with_work_app_and_multiple_attached_drives(self, lightningapps, mo
         monkeypatch.setattr(cloud, "LocalSourceCodeDir", mock.MagicMock())
         monkeypatch.setattr(cloud, "_prepare_lightning_wheels_and_requirements", mock.MagicMock())
         app = mock.MagicMock()
-        flow = mock.MagicMock()
 
         mocked_lit_drive = MagicMock(spec=Drive)
         setattr(mocked_lit_drive, "id", "foobar")
@@ -853,8 +846,7 @@ def test_call_with_work_app_and_multiple_attached_drives(self, lightningapps, mo
         monkeypatch.setattr(work._cloud_compute, "disk_size", 0)
         monkeypatch.setattr(work, "_port", 8080)
 
-        flow.works = lambda recurse: [work]
-        app.flows = [flow]
+        app.works = [work]
         cloud_runtime = cloud.CloudRuntime(app=app, entrypoint_file=(source_code_root_dir / "entrypoint.py"))
         monkeypatch.setattr(
             "lightning_app.runners.cloud._get_project",
@@ -1034,7 +1026,6 @@ def test_call_with_work_app_and_attached_mount_and_drive(self, lightningapps, mo
         monkeypatch.setattr(cloud, "LocalSourceCodeDir", mock.MagicMock())
         monkeypatch.setattr(cloud, "_prepare_lightning_wheels_and_requirements", mock.MagicMock())
         app = mock.MagicMock()
-        flow = mock.MagicMock()
 
         mocked_drive = MagicMock(spec=Drive)
         setattr(mocked_drive, "id", "foobar")
@@ -1063,8 +1054,7 @@ def test_call_with_work_app_and_attached_mount_and_drive(self, lightningapps, mo
         monkeypatch.setattr(work._cloud_compute, "mounts", mocked_mount)
         monkeypatch.setattr(work, "_port", 8080)
 
-        flow.works = lambda recurse: [work]
-        app.flows = [flow]
+        app.works = [work]
         cloud_runtime = cloud.CloudRuntime(app=app, entrypoint_file=(source_code_root_dir / "entrypoint.py"))
         monkeypatch.setattr(
             "lightning_app.runners.cloud._get_project",
diff --git a/tests/tests_app/storage/test_drive.py b/tests/tests_app/storage/test_drive.py
index bee8de5e093a8..d39623bd74296 100644
--- a/tests/tests_app/storage/test_drive.py
+++ b/tests/tests_app/storage/test_drive.py
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ def test_synchronization_lit_drive(tmpdir):
         os.remove("a.txt")
     app = LightningApp(SyncFlowLITDrives(tmpdir))
     MultiProcessRuntime(app, start_server=False).dispatch()
-    os.remove("a.txt")
+    if os.path.exists("a.txt"):
+        os.remove("a.txt")
 
 
 class LITDriveWork(LightningWork):
diff --git a/tests/tests_app/utilities/test_proxies.py b/tests/tests_app/utilities/test_proxies.py
index 682138d20654e..c9d35423c56b2 100644
--- a/tests/tests_app/utilities/test_proxies.py
+++ b/tests/tests_app/utilities/test_proxies.py
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ def __init__(self):
 
 class WorkTimeout(LightningWork):
     def __init__(self):
-        super().__init__(parallel=True)
+        super().__init__(parallel=True, start_with_flow=False)
         self.counter = 0
 
     def run(self):