diff --git a/playwright/src/pages/BoardPage.ts b/playwright/src/pages/BoardPage.ts
index e1825462..f589b8cc 100644
--- a/playwright/src/pages/BoardPage.ts
+++ b/playwright/src/pages/BoardPage.ts
@@ -287,10 +287,14 @@ export function BoardPage(page: Page, browser: Browser) {
                 await this.assertSelected(items[i], true)
             }
         },
-        userInfo: {
-            async dismiss() {
-                await page.locator(".user-info button").click()
-            },
+        async setNickname(nickname: string) {
+            await page
+                .locator(".user-info .icon")
+                .or(page.locator(".user-info .nickname"))
+                .first()
+                .click({ force: true })
+            await page.locator(".user-info .nickname input").fill(nickname)
+            await page.locator(".user-info button").click()
         },
         contextMenu: ContextMenu(page),
         async deleteIndexedDb() {
diff --git a/playwright/src/pages/DashboardPage.ts b/playwright/src/pages/DashboardPage.ts
index 4a94d2df..341be6d2 100644
--- a/playwright/src/pages/DashboardPage.ts
+++ b/playwright/src/pages/DashboardPage.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Browser, Page, selectors } from "@playwright/test"
+import { Browser, Page, selectors, test } from "@playwright/test"
 import { BoardPage, semiUniqueId, NewBoardOptions } from "./BoardPage"
 
 export async function navigateToDashboard(page: Page, browser: Browser) {
@@ -10,17 +10,20 @@ export async function navigateToDashboard(page: Page, browser: Browser) {
 export function DashboardPage(page: Page, browser: Browser) {
     return {
         async createNewBoard(options?: NewBoardOptions) {
-            const name = options?.boardName ?? `Test board ${semiUniqueId()}`
-            const useCRDT = options?.useCRDT ?? true
+            return await test.step("Create new board", async () => {
+                const name = options?.boardName ?? `Test board ${semiUniqueId()}`
+                const useCRDT = options?.useCRDT ?? true
 
-            await page.getByPlaceholder("Enter board name").fill(name)
-            if (useCRDT) {
-                await page.getByText("use collaborative text editor").click()
-            }
-            await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Create" }).click()
-            const board = BoardPage(page, browser)
-            await board.assertBoardName(name)
-            return board
+                await page.getByPlaceholder("Enter board name").fill(name)
+                if (useCRDT) {
+                    await page.getByText("use collaborative text editor").click()
+                }
+                await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Create" }).click()
+                const board = BoardPage(page, browser)
+                // TODO: this is flaky in at least "Switching between boards"
+                await board.assertBoardName(name)
+                return board
+            })
         },
         async goToBoard(name: string) {
             await page.locator(".recent-boards li").filter({ hasText: name }).first().click()
diff --git a/playwright/src/tests/board.spec.ts b/playwright/src/tests/board.spec.ts
index aa092230..a14472ea 100644
--- a/playwright/src/tests/board.spec.ts
+++ b/playwright/src/tests/board.spec.ts
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ test.describe("Basic board functionality", () => {
 
         await test.step("Check with new session", async () => {
             const newBoard = await board.openBoardInNewBrowser()
-            await newBoard.userInfo.dismiss()
+            await newBoard.setNickname("User 2")
             await expect(newBoard.getNote("Monads")).toBeVisible()
         })
     })
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ test.describe("Basic board functionality", () => {
         await test.step("Check with new session", async () => {
             await board.deleteIndexedDb()
             const newBoard = await board.openBoardInNewBrowser()
-            await newBoard.userInfo.dismiss()
+            await newBoard.setNickname("User 2")
             await expect(newBoard.getArea("Monads")).toBeVisible()
         })
     })
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ test.describe("Basic board functionality", () => {
         await test.step("Check with new session", async () => {
             await board.deleteIndexedDb()
             const newBoard = await board.openBoardInNewBrowser()
-            await newBoard.userInfo.dismiss()
+            await newBoard.setNickname("User 2")
             await expect(newBoard.getNote("text")).not.toBeVisible()
         })
     })
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ test.describe("Basic board functionality", () => {
         await test.step("Check with new session", async () => {
             await board.deleteIndexedDb()
             const newBoard = await board.openBoardInNewBrowser()
-            await newBoard.userInfo.dismiss()
+            await newBoard.setNickname("User 2")
             await expect(newBoard.getArea("Semigroups")).toBeVisible()
         })
     })
diff --git a/playwright/src/tests/collaboration.spec.ts b/playwright/src/tests/collaboration.spec.ts
index cba91a33..878a30fe 100644
--- a/playwright/src/tests/collaboration.spec.ts
+++ b/playwright/src/tests/collaboration.spec.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ test.describe("Two simultaneous users", () => {
         await expect(userPage.getNote(anotherUserPageNoteText)).toBeVisible()
     })
 
+    test("Change board name", async ({ page, browser }) => {
+        const { user1Page: userPage, user2Page } = await createBoardWithTwoUsers(page, browser)
+        // create 2 notes, one on each page
+        await userPage.renameBoard("Renamed board")
+        await user2Page.assertBoardName("Renamed board")
+    })
+
     const onTopPart = { position: { x: 9, y: 15 } } as const
 
     test("Users can collaboratively edit a text area", async ({ page, browser }) => {
@@ -126,12 +133,14 @@ test.describe("Two simultaneous users", () => {
 
     async function createBoardWithTwoUsers(page: Page, browser: Browser) {
         const user1Page = await navigateToNewBoard(page, browser, { boardName: "Collab test board" })
+        await user1Page.setNickname("User 1")
 
         const boardId = user1Page.getBoardId()
         const user2Page = await user1Page.openBoardInNewBrowser()
+        await user2Page.setNickname("User 2")
 
-        await user1Page.userInfo.dismiss()
-        await user2Page.userInfo.dismiss()
+        await user1Page.assertBoardName("Collab test board")
+        await user2Page.assertBoardName("Collab test board")
 
         return { user1Page, user2Page, boardId }
     }