diff --git a/e2e/playwright/snapshot-tests.spec.ts b/e2e/playwright/snapshot-tests.spec.ts
index 4c605795e..6a511876b 100644
--- a/e2e/playwright/snapshot-tests.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/playwright/snapshot-tests.spec.ts
@@ -348,24 +348,33 @@ const part001 = startSketchOn('-XZ')
   // snapshot exports, good compromise to capture that exports are healthy without getting bogged down in "did the formatting change" changes
   // context: https://github.com/KittyCAD/modeling-app/issues/1222
   for (const { modelPath, imagePath, outputType } of exportLocations) {
+    console.log(
+      `taking snapshot of using: "zoo file snapshot --output-format=png --src-format=${outputType} ${modelPath} ${imagePath}"`
+    )
     const cliCommand = `export ZOO_TOKEN=${secrets.snapshottoken} && zoo file snapshot --output-format=png --src-format=${outputType} ${modelPath} ${imagePath}`
     const child = spawn(cliCommand, { shell: true })
-    await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const result = await new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
       child.on('error', (code: any, msg: any) => {
         console.log('error', code, msg)
-        reject()
+        reject('error')
       })
       child.on('exit', (code, msg) => {
         console.log('exit', code, msg)
         if (code !== 0) {
           reject(`exit code ${code} for model ${modelPath}`)
         } else {
-          resolve(true)
+          resolve('success')
         }
       })
       child.stderr.on('data', (data) => console.log(`stderr: ${data}`))
       child.stdout.on('data', (data) => console.log(`stdout: ${data}`))
     })
+    expect(result).toBe('success')
+    if (result === 'success') {
+      console.log(`snapshot taken for ${modelPath}`)
+    } else {
+      console.log(`snapshot failed for ${modelPath}`)
+    }
   }
 })