diff --git a/.npmrc b/.npmrc
index 9d2f505e7..b2e7eb32d 100644
--- a/.npmrc
+++ b/.npmrc
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 min-release-age=7
 strict-allow-scripts=true
+loglevel=warn
diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
index 4166a87b0..ddf2fb602 100644
--- a/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ process.env.VITE_TEST_HTTP_API_PORT = String(testHttpApiPort);
 const testBuildDir = "tests/tmp/build";
 const appServerCommand = process.env.E2E_DEV_SERVER
   ? "npm run start -- --strictPort --port 3001"
-  : `npx vite build --outDir ${testBuildDir} --emptyOutDir && npx vite preview --outDir ${testBuildDir} --strictPort --port 3001`;
+  : `npx vite build --logLevel error --outDir ${testBuildDir} --emptyOutDir && npx vite preview --outDir ${testBuildDir} --strictPort --port 3001`;
 
 const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   outputDir: "./tests/artifacts",
diff --git a/tests/support/fixtures.ts b/tests/support/fixtures.ts
index 94a13cd27..d8f6d2df3 100644
--- a/tests/support/fixtures.ts
+++ b/tests/support/fixtures.ts
@@ -6,14 +6,15 @@ import * as Fs from "node:fs/promises";
 import * as Os from "node:os";
 import * as Path from "node:path";
 import type * as Stream from "node:stream";
+import { stripVTControlCharacters } from "node:util";
 
 import { expect, test as base } from "@playwright/test";
 import * as issue from "@tests/support/cobs/issue.js";
 import * as patch from "@tests/support/cobs/patch.js";
-import * as logLabel from "@tests/support/logPrefix.js";
 import { createPeerManager } from "@tests/support/peerManager.js";
 import { createRepo } from "@tests/support/repo.js";
 import { createOptions, supportDir, tmpDir } from "@tests/support/support.js";
+import chalk from "chalk";
 import { execa } from "execa";
 import waitOn from "wait-on";
 
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ export const test = base.extend<{
         localStorage.setItem("appFirstLaunch", "false"),
       );
 
-      const browserLabel = logLabel.logPrefix("browser");
+      const browserLabel = " ".repeat(23) + "→ " + chalk.blue("browser") + ": ";
       page.on("console", msg => {
         // Ignore common console logs that we don't care about.
         if (
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ export const test = base.extend<{
         });
       }
 
-      const playwrightLabel = logLabel.logPrefix("playwright");
+      const playwrightLabel =
+        " ".repeat(23) + "→ " + chalk.yellowBright("playwright") + ": ";
 
       function isLocalhost(url: URL) {
         return url.hostname === "localhost" || url.hostname === "127.0.0.1";
@@ -200,10 +202,10 @@ export async function useBackend(page: Page, peer: RadiclePeer) {
 function log(text: string, label: string, outputLog: Stream.Writable) {
   const output = text
     .split("\n")
-    .map(line => `${label}${line}`)
+    .map(line => `${label}${chalk.dim(line)}`)
     .join("\n");
 
-  outputLog.write(`${output}\n`);
+  outputLog.write(`${stripVTControlCharacters(output)}\n`);
   if (!process.env.CI) {
     console.log(output);
   }