diff --git a/playwright-ct.config.ts b/playwright-ct.config.ts
index e0e04eaa3..b5ddfe5fb 100644
--- a/playwright-ct.config.ts
+++ b/playwright-ct.config.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import dts from "vite-plugin-dts"
  * See https://playwright.dev/docs/test-configuration.
  */
 export default defineConfig({
-  testDir: "./src/react-components/",
+  testDir: "./src",
   /* Maximum time one test can run for. */
   timeout: 10 * 1000,
   /* Run tests in files in parallel */
@@ -40,13 +40,20 @@ export default defineConfig({
     ctPort: 3100,
     ctViteConfig: {
       plugins: [
+        vanillaExtractPlugin(),
         react(),
-        vanillaExtractPlugin({
-          emitCssInSsr: true,
-        }),
         dts({ insertTypesEntry: true }),
       ],
-      root: __dirname,
+      build: {
+        rollupOptions: {
+          external: ["express"],
+          output: {
+            globals: {
+              express: "express",
+            },
+          },
+        },
+      },
     },
   },
   /* Configure projects for major browsers */
diff --git a/src/markup-components/express.spec.ts b/src/markup-components/express.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 539c1921d..000000000
--- a/src/markup-components/express.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-// Copyright © 2023 Ory Corp
-// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-import { expect, test } from "@playwright/experimental-ct-react"
-import express from "express"
-import { RegisterOryElementsExpress } from "./express"
-
-test("express ory elements routes", async ({ request }) => {
-  const app = express()
-  const theme = {
-    fontFamily: "",
-    fontFamilyMono: "",
-    fontStyle: "",
-    accent: {
-      def: "#3D53F5",
-      muted: "#6475F7",
-      emphasis: "#3142C4",
-      disabled: "#E0E0E0",
-      subtle: "#eceefe",
-    },
-    foreground: {
-      def: "#171717",
-      muted: "#616161",
-      subtle: "#9E9E9E",
-      disabled: "#BDBDBD",
-      onDark: "#FFFFFF",
-      onAccent: "#FFFFFF",
-      onDisabled: "#e0e0e0",
-    },
-    background: {
-      surface: "#FFFFFF",
-      canvas: "#FCFCFC",
-      subtle: "#EEEEEE",
-    },
-    error: {
-      def: "#9c0f2e",
-      subtle: "#fce8ec",
-      muted: "#e95c7b",
-      emphasis: "#DF1642",
-    },
-    success: {
-      emphasis: "#18A957",
-    },
-    border: {
-      def: "#EEEEEE",
-    },
-    text: {
-      def: "#FFFFFF",
-      disabled: "#757575",
-    },
-    input: {
-      background: "#FFFFFF",
-      disabled: "#E0E0E0",
-      placeholder: "#9E9E9E",
-      text: "#424242",
-    },
-  }
-
-  RegisterOryElementsExpress(app, theme, () => ({
-    theme: theme,
-  }))
-
-  const server = app.listen()
-
-  const address = server.address()
-
-  await request
-    .get(`${address?.toString()}/theme.css`)
-    .then(({ body, status, headersArray }) => {
-      expect(status()).toEqual(200)
-      expect(headersArray()).toEqual([{ "Content-Type": "text/css" }])
-      expect(body).toMatchSnapshot()
-      server.closeAllConnections()
-    })
-})
diff --git a/src/react-components/translations.spec.ts b/src/react-components/tests/translations.spec.ts
similarity index 97%
rename from src/react-components/translations.spec.ts
rename to src/react-components/tests/translations.spec.ts
index 38e248d6c..4d1def32d 100644
--- a/src/react-components/translations.spec.ts
+++ b/src/react-components/tests/translations.spec.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 import { expect, test as base } from "@playwright/experimental-ct-react"
-import * as supportedLanguages from "../locales"
+import * as supportedLanguages from "../../locales"
 
 type Language = {
   [K in keyof typeof supportedLanguages.en]: string