diff --git a/packages/nextjs/components/Search.stories.tsx b/packages/nextjs/components/Search.stories.tsx
index 41de3e1a..c05797cf 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/components/Search.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/nextjs/components/Search.stories.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,14 @@ export default meta;
 
 type Story = StoryObj<typeof Search>;
 
-export const Default: Story = {};
+export const Default: Story = {
+  async play({ canvasElement, step }) {
+    const ui = wrap(canvasElement);
+    await step("expect to see a search box", async () => {
+      expect(ui.searchbox).toBeVisible();
+    });
+  },
+};
 
 export const WithSearchTerm: Story = {
   async play({ canvasElement, step }) {
diff --git a/packages/nextjs/package.json b/packages/nextjs/package.json
index 7458188c..f5cf330f 100644
--- a/packages/nextjs/package.json
+++ b/packages/nextjs/package.json
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     "storybook": "storybook dev -p 6006",
     "storybook:build": "storybook build",
     "storybook:start": "test -d storybook-static || pnpm run storybook:build && http-server --port 6006 --silent true storybook-static",
-    "test:storybook": "test-storybook --verbose --maxWorkers 2",
+    "test:storybook": "test-storybook --verbose --maxWorkers 1",
     "test:storybook:start": "start-server-and-test 'storybook:start' 6006 'test:storybook'"
   },
   "dependencies": {