diff --git a/test/integration/comments.test.js b/test/integration/comments.test.js
index 03f35f71c..c1d9d6347 100644
--- a/test/integration/comments.test.js
+++ b/test/integration/comments.test.js
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
 import SeleniumHelper from './selenium-helpers.js';
 
 const {
-    findByXpath,
     buildDriver,
-    clickXpath,
     clickText,
+    clickXpath,
     containsClass,
+    findByXpath,
+    loadPageUntilVisible,
     signIn
 } = new SeleniumHelper();
 
@@ -320,10 +321,9 @@ describe('comment tests', async () => {
             let postButton = await findByXpath(replyRow + '//button[@class = "button compose-post"]');
             await postButton.click();
 
-            // find reply
-            await driver.sleep(500);
-            await driver.get(studioUrl);
-            let postedReply = await findByXpath(`//span[contains(text(), "${studioReply}")]`);
+            // reload page and find reply
+            let replyXpath = `//span[contains(text(), "${studioReply}")]`;
+            let postedReply = await loadPageUntilVisible(studioUrl, replyXpath, 10);
             let commentVisible = await postedReply.isDisplayed();
             await expect(commentVisible).toBe(true);
         });
diff --git a/test/integration/selenium-helpers.js b/test/integration/selenium-helpers.js
index 9d94f8698..cd82a4667 100644
--- a/test/integration/selenium-helpers.js
+++ b/test/integration/selenium-helpers.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ class SeleniumHelper {
             'getDriver',
             'getLogs',
             'getSauceDriver',
+            'loadPageUntilVisible',
             'signIn',
             'urlMatches',
             'waitUntilGone'
@@ -201,6 +202,21 @@ class SeleniumHelper {
         await driver.wait(until.elementIsVisible(element));
     }
 
+    async loadPageUntilVisible (url, elementXpath, maxTries) {
+        for (let i = 0; i < maxTries; i++){
+            try {
+                await this.driver.get(url);
+                let element = await this.driver.wait(until.elementLocated(
+                    By.xpath(elementXpath)), 200, 'could not find element within 200ms');
+                // let element = await this.findByXpath(elementXpath);
+                return await element;
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.log('reloaded the page');
+            }
+        }
+        console.log('reached max tries');
+    }
+
 }
 
 module.exports = SeleniumHelper;