diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6bd672c..1ee9b74 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 PACKAGE_NAME := $(shell awk '/"name":/ {gsub(/[",]/, "", $$2); print $$2}' package.json)
 VERSION := $(shell T=$$(git describe 2>/dev/null) || T=1; echo $$T | tr '-' '.')
 ifeq ($(TEST_OS),)
-TEST_OS = centos-7
+TEST_OS = rhel-x
 endif
 export TEST_OS
 VM_IMAGE=$(CURDIR)/test/images/$(TEST_OS)
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ rpm: dist-gzip cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME).spec
 $(VM_IMAGE): rpm bots
 	rm -f $(VM_IMAGE) $(VM_IMAGE).qcow2
 	bots/image-customize -v -i cockpit -i `pwd`/cockpit-$(PACKAGE_NAME)-*.noarch.rpm -s $(CURDIR)/test/vm.install $(TEST_OS)
+	bots/image-customize -v -u ./test/files/1.journal:/root/1.journal $(TEST_OS)
 
 # convenience target for the above
 vm: $(VM_IMAGE)
@@ -127,7 +128,7 @@ vm: $(VM_IMAGE)
 
 # run the browser integration tests; skip check for SELinux denials
 check: $(NODE_MODULES_TEST) $(VM_IMAGE) test/common
-	TEST_AUDIT_NO_SELINUX=1 test/check-application
+	TEST_AUDIT_NO_SELINUX=1 test/check-application -s
 
 # checkout Cockpit's bots/ directory for standard test VM images and API to launch them
 # must be from cockpit's master, as only that has current and existing images; but testvm.py API is stable
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ bots:
 # checkout Cockpit's test API; this has no API stability guarantee, so check out a stable tag
 # when you start a new project, use the latest relese, and update it from time to time
 test/common:
-	git fetch --depth=1 https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit.git 176
+	git fetch --depth=1 https://github.com/cockpit-project/cockpit.git 180
 	git checkout --force FETCH_HEAD -- test/common
 	git reset test/common
 
diff --git a/test/check-application b/test/check-application
index 40431e2..1d61a4b 100755
--- a/test/check-application
+++ b/test/check-application
@@ -12,40 +12,50 @@ sys.path.append(os.path.join(TEST_DIR, "common"))
 sys.path.append(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(TEST_DIR), "bots/machine"))
 import testlib
 
-
+# Test with pre-recorded journal with tlog UID 981
 class TestApplication(testlib.MachineCase):
-    def testBasic(self):
+    def testPlay(self):
         b = self.browser
         m = self.machine
+        m.execute("cp /root/1.journal /var/log/journal/")
+        self.login_and_go("/session-recording")
+        b.wait_present(".content-header-extra")
+        b.wait_present("#user")
+        b.click(".listing-ct-item")
+        b.wait_present("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(3)")
+        b.click("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(3)")
+        b.wait_timeout(15000)
+        b.wait_present(".fa-pause")
+        b.click("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(3)")
+        b.snapshot('play-default')
+        m.execute("rm -rf /var/log/journal/1.journal")
 
-        self.login_and_go("/starter-kit")
-        # verify expected heading
-        b.wait_present(".container-fluid h2")
-        b.wait_text(".container-fluid h2", "Starter Kit")
-
-        # verify expected host name
-        hostname = m.execute("hostname").strip()
-        b.wait_present(".container-fluid p")
-        b.wait_text(".container-fluid p", "Running on " + hostname)
-
-        # change language to German
-        b.switch_to_top()
-        b.click("#content-user-name")
-        b.click(".display-language-menu a")
-        b.wait_popup('display-language')
-        b.set_val("#display-language select", "de-de")
-        b.click("#display-language-select-button")
-        b.expect_load()
-        # HACK: work around language switching in Chrome not working in current session (Cockpit issue #8160)
-        b.reload(ignore_cache=True)
-        b.wait_present("#content")
-        # menu label (from manifest) should be translated
-        b.wait_text("#host-apps a[href='/starter-kit']", "Bausatz")
-
-        b.go("/starter-kit")
-        b.enter_page("/starter-kit")
-        # page label (from js) should be translated
-        b.wait_in_text(".container-fluid p", "Läuft auf")
+    def testSkip(self):
+        b = self.browser
+        m = self.machine
+        m.execute("cp /root/1.journal /var/log/journal/")
+        self.login_and_go("/session-recording")
+        b.wait_present(".content-header-extra")
+        b.wait_present("#user")
+        b.click(".listing-ct-item")
+        b.wait_present("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(3)")
+        b.wait_present("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(4)")
+        b.click("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(4)")
+        b.wait_timeout(1000)
+        b.wait_present("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(4)")
+        b.click("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(4)")
+        b.wait_timeout(1000)
+        b.wait_present("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(4)")
+        b.click("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(4)")
+        b.wait_timeout(1000)
+        b.wait_present("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(4)")
+        b.click("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(4)")
+        b.wait_timeout(1000)
+        b.wait_present("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(4)")
+        b.click("button.margin-right-btn:nth-child(4)")
+        b.wait_timeout(1000)
+        b.snapshot('play-default')
+        m.execute("rm -rf /var/log/journal/1.journal")
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     testlib.test_main()
diff --git a/test/files/1.journal b/test/files/1.journal
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c14bedf
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