diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 13e57da..621ee63 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ public_key.pem
 __snapshots__/
 
 # Playwright auth
-*.playwright/.auth
+src/test/integration/playwright/.auth
+src/test/integration/playwright/.auth/
+**/playwright/.auth/
 test-results/
 playwright-report/
 playwright-coverage/
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diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
index f9dbf25..55dad0b 100644
--- a/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ export default defineConfig({
   testDir: 'src/test/integration',
 
   globalSetup: require.resolve('./src/test/integration/global.setup.ts'),
+
+  globalTeardown: require.resolve('./src/test/integration/global.teardown.ts'),
   // Reporter to use
   reporter: 'html',
 
@@ -24,7 +26,12 @@ export default defineConfig({
   projects: [
     {
         name: 'setup',
-        testMatch: /.*\.setup\.ts/
+        testMatch: /.*\.setup\.ts/,
+        teardown: 'teardown',
+    },
+    {
+        name: 'teardown',
+        testMatch: /.*\.teardown\.ts/
     },
     {
         name: 'chromium',
diff --git a/src/test/integration/global.setup.ts b/src/test/integration/global.setup.ts
index 8f7c41e..9781a5c 100644
--- a/src/test/integration/global.setup.ts
+++ b/src/test/integration/global.setup.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 import { spawn, ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
 import type { FullConfig } from '@playwright/test';
+import { setExpressServer } from './server-manager';
 
 // Ports for our test servers
 const EXPRESS_PORT = 8085;
@@ -9,8 +10,7 @@ export const servers = {
   expressUrl: `http://localhost:${EXPRESS_PORT}`,
 }
 
-let expressServer: ChildProcess;
-
+export let expressServer: ChildProcess;
 
 /**
  * Starts the Express server before running tests
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ async function globalSetup(config: FullConfig) {
     env: { ...process.env, PORT: EXPRESS_PORT.toString() }
   });
 
+  // Store in shared manager
+  setExpressServer(expressServer);
+
   // Log server output for debugging
   expressServer.stdout?.on('data', (data) => {
     console.log(`Express server: ${data}`);
diff --git a/src/test/integration/global.teardown.ts b/src/test/integration/global.teardown.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4608f69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/integration/global.teardown.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import { getExpressServer } from './server-manager'
+
+async function globalTeardown() {
+
+    console.log('Tearing down global setup...')
+
+    const expressServer = getExpressServer()
+    // Kill the express server
+    if (expressServer) {
+        expressServer.kill('SIGTERM')
+        console.log('Express server killed')
+    }
+}
+
+export default globalTeardown
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diff --git a/src/test/integration/opey.integration.test.ts b/src/test/integration/opey.integration.test.ts
index c74330b..63e9930 100644
--- a/src/test/integration/opey.integration.test.ts
+++ b/src/test/integration/opey.integration.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
 import { describe,beforeAll, beforeEach, afterAll, afterEach } from 'vitest';
-import { useIntegrationTestHooks } from './global.setup';
 import { chromium, Browser, Page, BrowserContext } from 'playwright';
 import {test, expect} from '@playwright/test';
 
 test.describe('Opey Integration Tests in API Explorer', () => {
-    
+
+    test.beforeAll(async ({ page }) => {
+        // Open the chat widget
+        await page.goto('/');
+        const chatButton = await page.waitForSelector('.chat-widget-button');
+        await chatButton.click();
+
+    })
+
+    test('Opey is running', async ({ page }) => {
+        await page.goto('/');
+
+        
+    })
 
 })
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diff --git a/src/test/integration/server-manager.ts b/src/test/integration/server-manager.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ea070a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/integration/server-manager.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { ChildProcess } from 'child_process';
+
+// Global state to store server instance
+let expressServerProcess: ChildProcess | null = null;
+
+export function setExpressServer(server: ChildProcess): void {
+  expressServerProcess = server;
+}
+
+export function getExpressServer(): ChildProcess | null {
+  return expressServerProcess;
+}
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