diff --git a/bin/ci-test.sh b/bin/ci-test.sh
index dd90c4db6..ffcae66b2 100755
--- a/bin/ci-test.sh
+++ b/bin/ci-test.sh
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 # test TiddlyWiki5 for tiddlywiki.com
 
-npm install playwright @playwright/test
-npx playwright install chromium firefox --with-deps
-
 node ./tiddlywiki.js \
 	./editions/test \
 	--verbose \
@@ -13,4 +10,7 @@ node ./tiddlywiki.js \
 	--test \
 	|| exit 1
 
+npm install playwright @playwright/test
+npx playwright install chromium firefox --with-deps
+
 npx playwright test