diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e0e6a525..a826d344 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1389,9 +1389,9 @@
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-        "extract-zip": "^1.6.5"
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-        "electron-chromedriver": "~1.8.0",
-        "request": "^2.81.0",
+        "electron-chromedriver": "^6.0.0",
+        "request": "^2.87.0",
         "split": "^1.0.0",
-        "webdriverio": "^4.8.0"
+        "webdriverio": "^4.13.0"
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 52690e04..178ab797 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
     "plist": "^3.0.1",
     "pngjs": "^3.4.0",
     "run-series": "^1.1.8",
-    "spectron": "^3.3.0",
+    "spectron": "^8.0.0",
     "standard": "*",
     "tape": "^4.11.0",
     "walk-sync": "^2.0.2"
diff --git a/test/setup.js b/test/setup.js
index 910d19fe..2111a383 100644
--- a/test/setup.js
+++ b/test/setup.js
@@ -28,10 +28,15 @@ module.exports = {
 // Returns a promise that resolves to a Spectron Application once the app has loaded.
 // Takes a Tape test. Makes some basic assertions to verify that the app loaded correctly.
 function createApp (t) {
+  const userDataDir = process.platform === 'win32'
+    ? path.join('C:\\Windows\\Temp', 'WebTorrentTest')
+    : path.join('/tmp', 'WebTorrentTest')
+
   return new Application({
     path: path.join(__dirname, '..', 'node_modules', '.bin',
       'electron' + (process.platform === 'win32' ? '.cmd' : '')),
     args: ['-r', path.join(__dirname, 'mocks.js'), path.join(__dirname, '..')],
+    chromeDriverArgs: [`--user-data-dir=${userDataDir}`],
     env: { NODE_ENV: 'test' },
     waitTimeout: 10e3
   })
@@ -78,6 +83,12 @@ function endTest (app, t, err) {
 // Otherwise, create the reference screenshot: test/screenshots/<platform>/<name>.png
 function screenshotCreateOrCompare (app, t, name) {
   const ssDir = path.join(__dirname, 'screenshots', process.platform)
+
+  // check that path exists otherwise create it
+  if (!fs.existsSync(ssDir)) {
+    fs.mkdirSync(ssDir)
+  }
+
   const ssPath = path.join(ssDir, name + '.png')
   let ssBuf