diff --git a/detox/src/devices/common/drivers/ios/tools/AppleSimUtils.js b/detox/src/devices/common/drivers/ios/tools/AppleSimUtils.js
index 5d952aed06..a5ac7a4753 100644
--- a/detox/src/devices/common/drivers/ios/tools/AppleSimUtils.js
+++ b/detox/src/devices/common/drivers/ios/tools/AppleSimUtils.js
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ class AppleSimUtils {
     await this._execSimctl({ cmd: `bootstatus ${udid}`, retries: 1 });
 
     if (!headless) {
-      await this._openSimulatorApp();
+      await this._openSimulatorApp(udid);
     }
 
     return true;
@@ -79,8 +79,20 @@ class AppleSimUtils {
     return device;
   }
 
-  async _openSimulatorApp() {
-    await childProcess.execWithRetriesAndLogs(`open -a Simulator.app`, { retries: 0 });
+  async _openSimulatorApp(udid) {
+    try {
+      await childProcess.execWithRetriesAndLogs(`open -a Simulator --args -CurrentDeviceUDID ${udid}`, { retries: 0 });
+    } catch (err) {
+      this._logUnableToOpenSimulator(err);
+    }
+  }
+
+  _logUnableToOpenSimulator(err) {
+    log.warn(
+      `Unable to open the Simulator app. If you are running tests from CI, consider running them with "--headless" ` +
+      `device configuration (see: https://wix.github.io/Detox/docs/next/api/configuration/#device-configurations).\n` +
+      `Error received: ${err.toString()}.`
+    );
   }
 
   /***