diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 5e2219c..0e16008 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ jobs:
               - /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver --version
               - chmod +x .travis/start_vfb.sh && .travis/start_vfb.sh
               - npm run test:server &
-              # work around for https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1718885
-              - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/chromium-browser /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver --verbose --port=9515 "--log-path=$HOME/chromedriver.log" &
+              # # work around for https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/chromium-browser/+bug/1718885
+              # - LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/chromium-browser /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver --verbose --port=9515 "--log-path=$HOME/chromedriver.log" &
+              - /usr/lib/chromium-browser/chromedriver --verbose --port=9515 "--log-path=$HOME/chromedriver.log" &
           script: npm run test:integration:webdriver
           after_script:
               - echo 'travis_fold:start:chromedriver.log'; cat ~/chromedriver.log; echo travis_fold:end:chromedriver.log
diff --git a/test/integration/environments/webdriver.js b/test/integration/environments/webdriver.js
index 7e8e398..53b645e 100644
--- a/test/integration/environments/webdriver.js
+++ b/test/integration/environments/webdriver.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict';
 /* eslint-env node */
-
+const Promise = require('bluebird');
 const wd = require('wd');
 
 const bluefoxStringified = require('../../../standalone.string.js');
@@ -63,6 +63,16 @@ global.BLUEFOX_TEST_ENV = {
         browserActive = true;
         await browser.setAsyncScriptTimeout(30000);
         await browser.get(`http://127.0.0.1:8123/${path}`);
+        for (let delay = 0; delay <= 250; delay += 10) {
+            // workaround for chrome bug introduced in recent versions (somewhere around v64)
+            // in old versions of chrome pageLoadStrategy:'none' would still wait for the actual navigation
+            // but now browser.get() resolves too early sometimes
+            const location = await browser.url();
+            if (!/^data:/.test(location)) {
+                break;
+            }
+            await Promise.delay(delay);
+        }
         await browser.execute(bluefoxStringified);
         await browser.execute(`
         (() => {