diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 90cb386124..62bcb59a0a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ yarn-error.log
 /hak/**/*.js
 /scripts/hak/**/*.js
 .DS_Store
+/playwright-report
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c1515aed3a..45cb7294ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
         "test": "playwright test",
         "test:open": "yarn test --ui",
         "test:screenshots:build": "docker build playwright -t element-desktop-playwright --platform linux/amd64",
-        "test:screenshots:run": "docker run --rm --network host -v $(pwd):/work/element-desktop -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock --platform linux/amd64 -it element-desktop-playwright",
+        "test:screenshots:run": "docker run --rm --network host -v $(pwd):/work/element-desktop -v element-desktop-playwright:/work/element-desktop/node_modules -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock --platform linux/amd64 -it element-desktop-playwright",
         "postinstall": "patch-package && electron-builder install-app-deps"
     },
     "dependencies": {
diff --git a/playwright/Dockerfile b/playwright/Dockerfile
index a7a5b51160..b69a4a876a 100644
--- a/playwright/Dockerfile
+++ b/playwright/Dockerfile
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ FROM mcr.microsoft.com/playwright:v1.57.0-jammy@sha256:6aca677c27a967caf7673d108
 
 WORKDIR /work/element-desktop
 
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install xvfb && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+RUN apt-get update && apt-get -y install xvfb dbus-x11 && apt-get purge -y --auto-remove && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Create node_modules & dist dirs so that the volumes have the correct permissions
+RUN mkdir node_modules dist && chown 1000:1000 node_modules dist
 
 USER 1000:1000
 
diff --git a/playwright/docker-entrypoint.sh b/playwright/docker-entrypoint.sh
index ad39259525..66f98a5be5 100644
--- a/playwright/docker-entrypoint.sh
+++ b/playwright/docker-entrypoint.sh
@@ -8,4 +8,11 @@ sleep 2
 
 export DISPLAY=:99
 
-npx playwright test --update-snapshots --reporter line $1
+yarn install --frozen-lockfile
+yarn build -l --dir
+
+PLAYWRIGHT_HTML_OPEN=never ELEMENT_DESKTOP_EXECUTABLE="./dist/linux-unpacked/element-desktop" \
+  npx playwright test --update-snapshots --reporter line,html "$1"
+
+# Clean up
+rm -R core qemu_* || exit 0
diff --git a/playwright/element-desktop-test.ts b/playwright/element-desktop-test.ts
index 1f53ab645e..743be8da6f 100644
--- a/playwright/element-desktop-test.ts
+++ b/playwright/element-desktop-test.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export const test = base.extend<Fixtures>({
             args.unshift(path.join(__dirname, "..", "lib", "electron-main.js"));
         }
 
-        console.log(`Launching '${executablePath}' with args ${args.join(" ")}`);
+        console.log(`Launching '${executablePath || "electron"}' with args ${args.join(" ")}`);
 
         const app = await electron.launch({
             env: {
diff --git a/playwright/snapshots/launch/launch.spec.ts/App-launch-should-launch-and-render-the-welcome-view-successfully-1-linux.png b/playwright/snapshots/launch/launch.spec.ts/App-launch-should-launch-and-render-the-welcome-view-successfully-1-linux.png
index 2841e86288..f0612be6e2 100644
Binary files a/playwright/snapshots/launch/launch.spec.ts/App-launch-should-launch-and-render-the-welcome-view-successfully-1-linux.png and b/playwright/snapshots/launch/launch.spec.ts/App-launch-should-launch-and-render-the-welcome-view-successfully-1-linux.png differ