diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f18ac6af3..62e8b751b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ public/wasm_lib_bg.wasm
 src/wasm-lib/lcov.info
 
 e2e/playwright/playwright-secrets.env
+e2e/playwright/temp1.png
+e2e/playwright/temp2.png
 /test-results/
 /playwright-report/
 /blob-report/
diff --git a/e2e/playwright/flow-tests.spec.ts b/e2e/playwright/flow-tests.spec.ts
index 148a876eb..b4fc88ff8 100644
--- a/e2e/playwright/flow-tests.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/playwright/flow-tests.spec.ts
@@ -60,8 +60,13 @@ test('Basic sketch', async ({ page }) => {
 
   // click on "Start Sketch" button
   await u.clearCommandLogs()
-  await page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Start Sketch' }).click()
-  await u.waitForDefaultPlanesVisibilityChange()
+  await Promise.all([
+    u.doAndWaitForImageDiff(
+      () => page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Start Sketch' }).click(),
+      200
+    ),
+    u.waitForDefaultPlanesVisibilityChange(),
+  ])
 
   // select a plane
   await u.doAndWaitForCmd(() => page.mouse.click(700, 200), 'edit_mode_enter')
diff --git a/e2e/playwright/test-utils.ts b/e2e/playwright/test-utils.ts
index b456d8353..71da4d45c 100644
--- a/e2e/playwright/test-utils.ts
+++ b/e2e/playwright/test-utils.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 import { expect, Page } from '@playwright/test'
 import { EngineCommand } from '../../src/lang/std/engineConnection'
+import fsp from 'fs/promises'
+import pixelMatch from 'pixelmatch'
+import { PNG } from 'pngjs'
 
 async function waitForPageLoad(page: Page) {
   // wait for 'Loading stream...' spinner
@@ -108,5 +111,46 @@ export function getUtils(page: Page) {
         await closeDebugPanel(page)
       }
     },
+    doAndWaitForImageDiff: (fn: () => Promise<any>, diffCount = 200) =>
+      new Promise(async (resolve) => {
+        await page.screenshot({
+          path: './e2e/playwright/temp1.png',
+          fullPage: true,
+        })
+        await fn()
+        const isImageDiff = async () => {
+          await page.screenshot({
+            path: './e2e/playwright/temp2.png',
+            fullPage: true,
+          })
+          const screenshot1 = PNG.sync.read(
+            await fsp.readFile('./e2e/playwright/temp1.png')
+          )
+          const screenshot2 = PNG.sync.read(
+            await fsp.readFile('./e2e/playwright/temp2.png')
+          )
+          const actualDiffCount = pixelMatch(
+            screenshot1.data,
+            screenshot2.data,
+            null,
+            screenshot1.width,
+            screenshot2.height
+          )
+          return actualDiffCount > diffCount
+        }
+
+        // run isImageDiff every 50ms until it returns true or 5 seconds have passed (100 times)
+        let count = 0
+        const interval = setInterval(async () => {
+          count++
+          if (await isImageDiff()) {
+            clearInterval(interval)
+            resolve(true)
+          } else if (count > 100) {
+            clearInterval(interval)
+            resolve(false)
+          }
+        }, 50)
+      }),
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b45f00708..d8098ad61 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -109,6 +109,8 @@
     "@types/crypto-js": "^4.1.1",
     "@types/debounce-promise": "^3.1.8",
     "@types/isomorphic-fetch": "^0.0.36",
+    "@types/pixelmatch": "^5.2.6",
+    "@types/pngjs": "^6.0.4",
     "@types/react-modal": "^3.16.0",
     "@types/uuid": "^9.0.4",
     "@types/wait-on": "^5.3.4",
@@ -127,6 +129,8 @@
     "eslint-plugin-css-modules": "^2.12.0",
     "happy-dom": "^10.8.0",
     "husky": "^8.0.3",
+    "pixelmatch": "^5.3.0",
+    "pngjs": "^7.0.0",
     "postcss": "^8.4.31",
     "prettier": "^2.8.0",
     "setimmediate": "^1.0.5",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c04213358..fa15b3564 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2244,6 +2244,20 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/parse-json/-/parse-json-4.0.0.tgz#2f8bb441434d163b35fb8ffdccd7138927ffb8c0"
   integrity sha512-//oorEZjL6sbPcKUaCdIGlIUeH26mgzimjBB77G6XRgnDl/L5wOnpyBGRe/Mmf5CVW3PwEBE1NjiMZ/ssFh4wA==
 
+"@types/pixelmatch@^5.2.6":
+  version "5.2.6"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/pixelmatch/-/pixelmatch-5.2.6.tgz#fba6de304ac958495f27d85989f5c6bb7499a686"
+  integrity sha512-wC83uexE5KGuUODn6zkm9gMzTwdY5L0chiK+VrKcDfEjzxh1uadlWTvOmAbCpnM9zx/Ww3f8uKlYQVnO/TrqVg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
+"@types/pngjs@^6.0.4":
+  version "6.0.4"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/pngjs/-/pngjs-6.0.4.tgz#9a457aebabd944efde1a773a0fa1d74933e8021b"
+  integrity sha512-atAK9xLKOnxiuArxcHovmnOUUGBZOQ3f0vCf43FnoKs6XnqiambT1kkJWmdo71IR+BoXSh+CueeFR0GfH3dTlQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/node" "*"
+
 "@types/prop-types@*":
   version "15.7.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/prop-types/-/prop-types-15.7.5.tgz#5f19d2b85a98e9558036f6a3cacc8819420f05cf"
@@ -6632,6 +6646,13 @@ pirates@^4.0.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pirates/-/pirates-4.0.6.tgz#3018ae32ecfcff6c29ba2267cbf21166ac1f36b9"
   integrity sha512-saLsH7WeYYPiD25LDuLRRY/i+6HaPYr6G1OUlN39otzkSTxKnubR9RTxS3/Kk50s1g2JTgFwWQDQyplC5/SHZg==
 
+pixelmatch@^5.3.0:
+  version "5.3.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pixelmatch/-/pixelmatch-5.3.0.tgz#5e5321a7abedfb7962d60dbf345deda87cb9560a"
+  integrity sha512-o8mkY4E/+LNUf6LzX96ht6k6CEDi65k9G2rjMtBe9Oo+VPKSvl+0GKHuH/AlG+GA5LPG/i5hrekkxUc3s2HU+Q==
+  dependencies:
+    pngjs "^6.0.0"
+
 pkg-types@^1.0.3:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pkg-types/-/pkg-types-1.0.3.tgz#988b42ab19254c01614d13f4f65a2cfc7880f868"
@@ -6655,6 +6676,16 @@ playwright@1.39.0:
   optionalDependencies:
     fsevents "2.3.2"
 
+pngjs@^6.0.0:
+  version "6.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pngjs/-/pngjs-6.0.0.tgz#ca9e5d2aa48db0228a52c419c3308e87720da821"
+  integrity sha512-TRzzuFRRmEoSW/p1KVAmiOgPco2Irlah+bGFCeNfJXxxYGwSw7YwAOAcd7X28K/m5bjBWKsC29KyoMfHbypayg==
+
+pngjs@^7.0.0:
+  version "7.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/pngjs/-/pngjs-7.0.0.tgz#a8b7446020ebbc6ac739db6c5415a65d17090e26"
+  integrity sha512-LKWqWJRhstyYo9pGvgor/ivk2w94eSjE3RGVuzLGlr3NmD8bf7RcYGze1mNdEHRP6TRP6rMuDHk5t44hnTRyow==
+
 portfinder@^1.0.28:
   version "1.0.32"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/portfinder/-/portfinder-1.0.32.tgz#2fe1b9e58389712429dc2bea5beb2146146c7f81"