diff --git a/src/conductor/ChromeTestConductor.ts b/src/conductor/ChromeTestConductor.ts
index 0269eba..bbb48e8 100644
--- a/src/conductor/ChromeTestConductor.ts
+++ b/src/conductor/ChromeTestConductor.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,11 @@ export class ChromeTestConductor extends TestConductor {
         readonly browser = puppeteer.launch({
             executablePath: '/usr/bin/chromium',
             headless: 'new',
+            waitForInitialPage: false,
             args: [
                 '--no-sandbox',
                 '--disable-gpu',
+                '--no-startup-window',
             ],
         }),
     ) {
diff --git a/test/conductor/ChromeTestConductor.ts b/test/conductor/ChromeTestConductor.ts
index 047f775..0fb14db 100644
--- a/test/conductor/ChromeTestConductor.ts
+++ b/test/conductor/ChromeTestConductor.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ test('conduct test', async () => {
     expect(getTestFunction(suite, 2)).toHaveProperty('title', 'failing test')
     expect(getTestFunction(suite, 2).result.get()).toHaveProperty('type', 'fail')
 
-    expect((await (await conductor.browser).pages()).length).toBe(1) // there is always at least one page
+    expect((await (await conductor.browser).pages()).length).toBe(0)
 })
 
 test('abort test', async () => {