diff --git a/app/gui2/e2e/actions.ts b/app/gui2/e2e/actions.ts
index 374cd08c56ff0..c2fe8164ee20e 100644
--- a/app/gui2/e2e/actions.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/e2e/actions.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import { type Page } from '@playwright/test'
+import { expect, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
+import * as customExpect from './customExpect'
+import * as locate from './locate'
 
 // =================
 // === goToGraph ===
@@ -7,5 +9,7 @@ import { type Page } from '@playwright/test'
 /** Perform a successful login. */
 export async function goToGraph(page: Page) {
   await page.goto('/')
-  // Originally this clicked the play button but for now that is out of scope.
+  await expect(page.locator('.App')).toBeVisible()
+  // Wait until nodes are loaded.
+  await customExpect.toExist(locate.graphNode(page))
 }
diff --git a/app/gui2/e2e/typesOnNodeHover.spec.ts b/app/gui2/e2e/typesOnNodeHover.spec.ts
index 736f0fc960bcc..23ba744217317 100644
--- a/app/gui2/e2e/typesOnNodeHover.spec.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/e2e/typesOnNodeHover.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { expect, Locator, Page, test } from '@playwright/test'
+import { expect, test, type Locator, type Page } from '@playwright/test'
 import assert from 'assert'
 import * as actions from './actions'
 import { mockExpressionUpdate } from './expressionUpdates'
diff --git a/app/gui2/package.json b/app/gui2/package.json
index 19aef9310749a..403d3c88c7aba 100644
--- a/app/gui2/package.json
+++ b/app/gui2/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "build": "npm --workspace enso-dashboard run compile && run-p typecheck build-only",
     "build:cloud": "cross-env CLOUD_BUILD=true npm run build",
     "preview": "vite preview",
-    "test": "vitest run && playwright test --reporter=html",
+    "test": "vitest run && playwright test",
     "test:unit": "vitest",
     "test:e2e": "playwright test",
     "story:dev": "histoire dev",
diff --git a/app/gui2/playwright.config.ts b/app/gui2/playwright.config.ts
index 1e316c2819587..34ac1008dc9ca 100644
--- a/app/gui2/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/app/gui2/playwright.config.ts
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
   forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
   retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
   ...(process.env.CI ? { workers: 1 } : {}),
-  reporter: 'line',
   expect: {
     timeout: 5000,
     toHaveScreenshot: { threshold: 0 },
@@ -110,7 +109,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
     env: {
       E2E: 'true',
     },
-    command: `npx vite build && npx vite preview --port ${PORT} --strictPort`,
+    command:
+      process.env.CI || process.env.PROD
+        ? `npx vite build && npx vite preview --port ${PORT} --strictPort`
+        : `npx vite dev --port ${PORT}`,
     // Build from scratch apparently can take a while on CI machines.
     timeout: 120 * 1000,
     port: PORT,