diff --git a/app/app-e2e-tests/e2e/example.spec.ts b/app/app-e2e-tests/e2e/example.spec.ts
index d2e41c5219..7f52d41506 100644
--- a/app/app-e2e-tests/e2e/example.spec.ts
+++ b/app/app-e2e-tests/e2e/example.spec.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { expect, Page, test } from '@playwright/test';
+import { expect, test } from '@playwright/test';
 import { _electron } from '@playwright/test';
 import { spawn } from 'child_process';
 
@@ -88,34 +88,6 @@ test('launch app', async () => {
   // await window.click('text=Click me');
 });
 
-class HeadlampPage {
-  constructor(private page: Page) {}
-
-  async homepage() {
-    await this.page.goto('http://localhost:3000/');
-    await this.page.waitForLoadState('domcontentloaded');
-    await this.page.waitForSelector('button');
-    await this.page.click('button');
-  }
-}
-
-test('launch app w/page', async () => {
-  // Launch Electron app.
-  const electronApp = await electron.launch({
-    cwd: '/home/vtaylor/headlamp/app/electron',
-    timeout: 0,
-    args: ['main.js'],
-  });
-
-  // const context = await electronApp.context();
-  const page = await electronApp.firstWindow();
-  const headlampPage = new HeadlampPage(page);
-
-  electronApp.on('window', async () => {
-    await headlampPage.homepage();
-  });
-});
-
 test('launch app with integrated shell commands', async () => {
   // Start the frontend server
   await runCommand('npm', ['start'], { cwd: '/home/vtaylor/headlamp/frontend' });
diff --git a/app/app-e2e-tests/e2e/tests/demo-test.spec.ts b/app/app-e2e-tests/e2e/tests/demo-test.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f43e66ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/app-e2e-tests/e2e/tests/demo-test.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { test } from '@playwright/test';
+import { _electron } from '@playwright/test';
+import { headlampAppPage } from './demo-test';
+
+const electron = _electron;
+let electronApp;
+
+test.beforeAll(async () => {
+  // Launch Electron app.
+  electronApp = await electron.launch({
+    cwd: '/home/vtaylor/headlamp/app/electron',
+    timeout: 0,
+    args: ['main.js'],
+  });
+});
+
+test('launch app / check homepage', async () => {
+  // Launch Electron app.
+
+  // note: may use .context() instead of .firstWindow()?
+  // const context = await electronApp.context();
+
+  // note: firstWindow returns a page object so we can replace the window object
+  const page = await electronApp.firstWindow();
+  const headlampPage = new headlampAppPage(page);
+
+  await headlampPage.navHomepage();
+
+  electronApp.close();
+  // electronApp.on('window', async () => {
+  //   await headlampPage.homepage();
+  // });
+});
+
+test('launch app / check notifications', async () => {
+  // Launch Electron app.
+  // const electronApp = await electron.launch({
+  //     cwd: '/home/vtaylor/headlamp/app/electron',
+  //     timeout: 0,
+  //     args: ['main.js'],
+  // });
+
+  const page = await electronApp.firstWindow();
+  const headlampPage = new headlampAppPage(page);
+
+  await headlampPage.navNotifactions();
+
+  electronApp.close();
+  // electronApp.on('window', async () => {
+  //   await headlampPage.notifications();
+  // });
+});
diff --git a/app/app-e2e-tests/e2e/tests/demo-test.ts b/app/app-e2e-tests/e2e/tests/demo-test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a5f10bc43e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/app-e2e-tests/e2e/tests/demo-test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import { expect, Page } from '@playwright/test';
+
+export class headlampAppPage {
+  constructor(private page: Page) {}
+
+  async navHomepage() {
+    await this.page.waitForLoadState('domcontentloaded');
+    await this.page.goto('http://localhost:3000/');
+
+    await expect(this.page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Home' })).toBeVisible();
+    await this.page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Home' }).click();
+  }
+
+  async navNotifactions() {
+    await this.page.waitForLoadState('domcontentloaded');
+    await this.page.goto('http://localhost:3000/');
+
+    await expect(this.page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Notifications' })).toBeVisible();
+    await this.page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Notifications' }).click();
+
+    await expect(this.page.getByRole('heading', { name: 'Notifications' })).toBeVisible();
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/app-e2e-tests/tests/demo-test.spec.ts b/app/app-e2e-tests/tests/demo-test.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/app/app-e2e-tests/tests/demo-test.ts b/app/app-e2e-tests/tests/demo-test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000