diff --git a/app/gui2/e2e/actions.ts b/app/gui2/e2e/actions.ts
index 374cd08c56ff..0440a5473cff 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.
+  expect(page.locator('.App')).toBeVisible()
+  // Wait until nodes are loaded.
+  customExpect.toExist(locate.graphNode(page))
 }
diff --git a/app/gui2/e2e/typesOnNodeHover.spec.ts b/app/gui2/e2e/typesOnNodeHover.spec.ts
index 736f0fc960bc..23ba74421731 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'