diff --git a/apps/zui/package.json b/apps/zui/package.json
index db0092352e..aaebf01ab2 100644
--- a/apps/zui/package.json
+++ b/apps/zui/package.json
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
     "d3": "^6.7.0",
     "date-fns": "^2.16.1",
     "decompress": "^4.2.1",
-    "electron": "22.3.25",
+    "electron": "28.0.0",
     "electron-builder": "^23.6.0",
     "electron-builder-notarize": "^1.2.0",
     "electron-devtools-assembler": "^1.2.0",
diff --git a/apps/zui/src/core/main/main-object.ts b/apps/zui/src/core/main/main-object.ts
index 1387de199b..515a5135ca 100644
--- a/apps/zui/src/core/main/main-object.ts
+++ b/apps/zui/src/core/main/main-object.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import createLake from "src/js/models/lake"
 import {getAuthToken} from "../../js/api/core/get-zealot"
 import {Abortables} from "src/app/core/models/abortables"
 import * as zui from "src/zui"
+import log from "electron-log"
 
 export class MainObject {
   public isQuitting = false
@@ -63,7 +64,11 @@ export class MainObject {
   ) {}
 
   async start() {
-    if (this.args.lake) this.lake.start()
+    if (this.args.lake) {
+      if (!(await this.lake.start())) {
+        log.error("Failed to start lake process after 5 seconds")
+      }
+    }
     if (this.args.devtools) await installExtensions()
     await this.windows.init()
   }
diff --git a/apps/zui/src/electron/run-main/before-boot.ts b/apps/zui/src/electron/run-main/before-boot.ts
index 30487969c0..76b19b644e 100644
--- a/apps/zui/src/electron/run-main/before-boot.ts
+++ b/apps/zui/src/electron/run-main/before-boot.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,18 @@ import {MainArgs} from "./args"
 import {setLogLevel} from "../set-log-level"
 import {runMigrations} from "./run-migrations"
 
+app.disableHardwareAcceleration()
+
 export async function beforeBoot(
   args: Partial<MainArgs>
 ): Promise<string | null> {
   // Disable security warnings
-  process.env.ELECTRON_DISABLE_SECURITY_WARNINGS = "true"
+  // process.env.ELECTRON_DISABLE_SECURITY_WARNINGS = "true"
   // Setup app paths, this must be first
   appPathSetup()
   setLogLevel()
   // Disable for certain platforms
-  app.disableHardwareAcceleration()
+
   // Ensure only one instance of the app is ever on (windows)
   const lock = app.requestSingleInstanceLock()
   if (args.singleInstance && !lock) {
diff --git a/apps/zui/src/electron/run-main/boot.ts b/apps/zui/src/electron/run-main/boot.ts
index ea33489c44..004b248c42 100644
--- a/apps/zui/src/electron/run-main/boot.ts
+++ b/apps/zui/src/electron/run-main/boot.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export async function boot(args: Partial<MainArgs> = {}) {
   // 6. Protocol Handler
   runProtocolHandlers()
   // 7. Start the app
-  app.whenReady().then(() => main.start())
-
+  await app.whenReady()
+  await main.start()
   return main
 }
diff --git a/apps/zui/src/electron/start.test.ts b/apps/zui/src/electron/start.test.ts
index aad855d139..317754db42 100644
--- a/apps/zui/src/electron/start.test.ts
+++ b/apps/zui/src/electron/start.test.ts
@@ -14,14 +14,6 @@ jest.mock("@brimdata/zed-node")
 
 afterEach(teardown)
 
-test("start is called in zed lake", async () => {
-  const appMain = (await main({
-    devtools: false,
-    autoUpdater: false,
-  })) as MainObject
-  expect(appMain.lake.start).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
-})
-
 test("app opens a window on startup", async () => {
   const appMain = (await main({
     devtools: false,
diff --git a/apps/zui/src/js/flows/lake/buildAndAuthenticateLake.ts b/apps/zui/src/js/flows/lake/buildAndAuthenticateLake.ts
index de75cb609e..023c4a70e1 100644
--- a/apps/zui/src/js/flows/lake/buildAndAuthenticateLake.ts
+++ b/apps/zui/src/js/flows/lake/buildAndAuthenticateLake.ts
@@ -49,14 +49,13 @@ export const buildAndAuthenticateLake =
         return [false, null]
       }
 
-      const dialogOpts = {
+      const dialogChoice = await showMessageBox({
         type: "info",
         buttons: ["Continue", "Cancel"],
         title: "Redirect to Browser",
         message:
           "This lake requires authentication. Continue to log in with your browser?",
-      }
-      const dialogChoice = await showMessageBox(dialogOpts)
+      })
       if (dialogChoice.response === 1) return [true, null]
 
       try {
diff --git a/apps/zui/src/test/system/boot.tsx b/apps/zui/src/test/system/boot.tsx
index cb8207fe8b..cb5c636219 100644
--- a/apps/zui/src/test/system/boot.tsx
+++ b/apps/zui/src/test/system/boot.tsx
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ export async function boot(name: string, args: Partial<BootArgs> = {}) {
     autoUpdater: false,
     singleInstance: false,
   })) as MainObject
+
   await waitFor(async () => fetch(`http://localhost:${lakePort}/version`), {
     timeout: 20_000,
   })
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1b48d6433a..b13ae0c811 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@
     "@nx/js": "16.10.0",
     "@nx/linter": "16.10.0",
     "@nx/workspace": "16.10.0",
-    "@nxkit/playwright": "^2.3.0",
-    "@playwright/test": "1.27.1",
     "@swc/cli": "~0.1.55",
     "@swc/core": "^1.2.173",
     "@swc/jest": "0.2.20",
@@ -41,7 +39,6 @@
     "jest-environment-node": "^29.4.1",
     "nx": "16.10.0",
     "open-cli": "^7.2.0",
-    "playwright-chromium": "1.27.1",
     "prettier": "^2.6.2",
     "serve": "^14.2.0",
     "ts-jest": "^29.0.5",
diff --git a/packages/zed-node/src/lake.ts b/packages/zed-node/src/lake.ts
index 4eb12ba93b..128efd6e41 100644
--- a/packages/zed-node/src/lake.ts
+++ b/packages/zed-node/src/lake.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class Lake {
     const args = [
       'serve',
       '-l',
-      this.addr(),
+      ':' + this.port,
       '-lake',
       this.root,
       '-log.level=info',
diff --git a/packages/zui-player/helpers/test-app.ts b/packages/zui-player/helpers/test-app.ts
index 73510a5686..a2b7cb3bd6 100644
--- a/packages/zui-player/helpers/test-app.ts
+++ b/packages/zui-player/helpers/test-app.ts
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ export default class TestApp {
     if (role instanceof RegExp) {
       return this.mainWin.getByText(role);
     } else {
-      return this.mainWin.getByRole(role, { name });
+      return this.mainWin.getByRole(role, { name, exact: true });
     }
   }
 
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ const getAppInfo = () => {
     };
   }
 
-  return { bin: null, entry: 'apps/zui' };
+  return { bin: null, entry: '../../apps/zui' };
 };
 
 function waitForTrue(check: () => boolean | Promise<boolean>) {
diff --git a/packages/zui-player/package.json b/packages/zui-player/package.json
index c353e36ae3..a841ff77ca 100644
--- a/packages/zui-player/package.json
+++ b/packages/zui-player/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,13 @@
   "name": "zui-player",
   "private": true,
   "main": "./index.ts",
+  "scripts": {
+    "test": "playwright test --config playwright.config.js"
+  },
   "dependencies": {
-    "fs-extra": "^11.2.0"
+    "@playwright/test": "next",
+    "fs-extra": "^11.2.0",
+    "playwright": "next",
+    "playwright-chromium": "next"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/zui-player/project.json b/packages/zui-player/project.json
index 4b36914a92..2d7ef31f22 100644
--- a/packages/zui-player/project.json
+++ b/packages/zui-player/project.json
@@ -13,14 +13,6 @@
         "tsConfig": "packages/zui-player/tsconfig.json",
         "main": "packages/zui-player/index.ts"
       }
-    },
-    "test": {
-      "executor": "@nxkit/playwright:test",
-      "options": {
-        "outputPath": "dist/packages/zui-player/test-results",
-        "playwrightConfig": "packages/zui-player/playwright.config.js",
-        "baseUrl": "https://example.com"
-      }
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/zui-player/tests/export.spec.ts b/packages/zui-player/tests/export.spec.ts
index efeaf37369..294f71c72b 100644
--- a/packages/zui-player/tests/export.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/zui-player/tests/export.spec.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ test.describe('Export tests', () => {
       });
       await menu.getByRole('button', { name: 'Export' }).click();
       const dialog = app.mainWin.getByRole('dialog');
-      await dialog.getByRole('radio', { name: `${label}` }).click();
+      await dialog
+        .getByRole('radio', { name: `${label}`, exact: true })
+        .click();
       await dialog.getByRole('button').filter({ hasText: 'Export' }).click();
       await app.mainWin
         .getByText(new RegExp('Export Completed: .*results\\.' + label))
diff --git a/packages/zui-player/tests/pool-loads.spec.ts b/packages/zui-player/tests/pool-loads.spec.ts
index 68b7c9ea9d..9a7f4b9bd5 100644
--- a/packages/zui-player/tests/pool-loads.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/zui-player/tests/pool-loads.spec.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ test.describe('Pool Loads', () => {
     await app.click('treeitem', 'prs.json');
     await app.dropFile(getPath('prs.json'));
     await app.page
-      .getByLabel('Pool')
+      .getByLabel('Pool', { exact: true })
       .nth(0)
       .selectOption({ label: 'prs.json' });
     await app.click('button', 'Load');
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index dbaa3f41c0..5c3ac6f103 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3777,15 +3777,6 @@ __metadata:
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-  peerDependencies:
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-  languageName: node
-  linkType: hard
-
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-"@playwright/test@npm:1.27.1":
-  version: 1.27.1
-  resolution: "@playwright/test@npm:1.27.1"
+"@playwright/test@npm:next":
+  version: 1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023
+  resolution: "@playwright/test@npm:1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023"
   dependencies:
-    "@types/node": "*"
-    playwright-core: 1.27.1
+    playwright: 1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023
   bin:
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@@ -5101,6 +5091,15 @@ __metadata:
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   linkType: hard
 
+"@types/node@npm:^18.11.18":
+  version: 18.19.3
+  resolution: "@types/node@npm:18.19.3"
+  dependencies:
+    undici-types: ~5.26.4
+  checksum: 58c4fa45a78fcec75c78182a4b266395905957633654eb0311c5f9c30ac15c179ea2287ab1af034e46c2db7bb0589ef0000ee64c1de8f568a0aad29eaadb100c
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
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   resolution: "@types/normalize-package-data@npm:2.4.1"
@@ -8899,16 +8898,16 @@ __metadata:
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   linkType: hard
 
-"electron@npm:22.3.25":
-  version: 22.3.25
-  resolution: "electron@npm:22.3.25"
+"electron@npm:28.0.0":
+  version: 28.0.0
+  resolution: "electron@npm:28.0.0"
   dependencies:
     "@electron/get": ^2.0.0
-    "@types/node": ^16.11.26
+    "@types/node": ^18.11.18
     extract-zip: ^2.0.1
   bin:
     electron: cli.js
-  checksum: be8af444bd7c9ca5504a445b660da172831150c0645b3ab46ee867ce6793ec7f77c38e5deb554caf7e4bdf2a910b500a98009a6edbeb3a2a5423a5efd8367a90
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   dependencies:
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-"playwright-chromium@npm:1.27.1":
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-  resolution: "playwright-chromium@npm:1.27.1"
+"playwright-chromium@npm:next":
+  version: 1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023
+  resolution: "playwright-chromium@npm:1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023"
   dependencies:
-    playwright-core: 1.27.1
+    playwright-core: 1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023
   bin:
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-  resolution: "playwright-core@npm:1.27.1"
+"playwright-core@npm:1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023":
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+  resolution: "playwright-core@npm:1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023"
+  bin:
+    playwright-core: cli.js
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+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
+"playwright@npm:1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023, playwright@npm:next":
+  version: 1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023
+  resolution: "playwright@npm:1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023"
+  dependencies:
+    fsevents: 2.3.2
+    playwright-core: 1.41.0-alpha-dec-20-2023
+  dependenciesMeta:
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   bin:
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@@ -18209,6 +18223,13 @@ __metadata:
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+"undici-types@npm:~5.26.4":
+  version: 5.26.5
+  resolution: "undici-types@npm:5.26.5"
+  checksum: 3192ef6f3fd5df652f2dc1cd782b49d6ff14dc98e5dced492aa8a8c65425227da5da6aafe22523c67f035a272c599bb89cfe803c1db6311e44bed3042fc25487
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+  linkType: hard
+
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@@ -19110,8 +19131,6 @@ __metadata:
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     "@nx/linter": 16.10.0
     "@nx/workspace": 16.10.0
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-    "@playwright/test": 1.27.1
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     "@swc/core": ^1.2.173
     "@swc/helpers": ~0.4.11
@@ -19128,7 +19147,6 @@ __metadata:
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     open-cli: ^7.2.0
-    playwright-chromium: 1.27.1
     prettier: ^2.6.2
     serve: ^14.2.0
     ts-jest: ^29.0.5
@@ -19142,7 +19160,10 @@ __metadata:
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   resolution: "zui-player@workspace:packages/zui-player"
   dependencies:
+    "@playwright/test": next
     fs-extra: ^11.2.0
+    playwright: next
+    playwright-chromium: next
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -19202,7 +19223,7 @@ __metadata:
     d3: ^6.7.0
     date-fns: ^2.16.1
     decompress: ^4.2.1
-    electron: 22.3.25
+    electron: 28.0.0
     electron-builder: ^23.6.0
     electron-builder-notarize: ^1.2.0
     electron-devtools-assembler: ^1.2.0