diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/index.ts b/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
index 32cfd592..219efe32 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/index.ts
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ export default class AxeBuilder {
     const context = normalizeContext(this.includes, this.excludes);
     const { page } = this;
 
-    page.evaluate(this.script());
+    await page.evaluate(this.script());
     const runPartialDefined = await page.evaluate<boolean>(
       'typeof window.axe.runPartial === "function"'
     );
@@ -295,8 +295,8 @@ export default class AxeBuilder {
       'Please make sure that you have popup blockers disabled.'
     );
 
-    blankPage.evaluate(this.script());
-    blankPage.evaluate(await this.axeConfigure());
+    await blankPage.evaluate(this.script());
+    await blankPage.evaluate(await this.axeConfigure());
 
     // evaluate has a size limit on the number of characters so we'll need
     // to split partialResults into chunks if it exceeds that limit.