diff -u b/core/tests/Drupal/Nightwatch/nightwatch.conf.js b/core/tests/Drupal/Nightwatch/nightwatch.conf.js
--- b/core/tests/Drupal/Nightwatch/nightwatch.conf.js
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Nightwatch/nightwatch.conf.js
@@ -63,6 +63,31 @@
         browserName: 'chrome',
         acceptSslCerts: true,
         chromeOptions: {
+          w3c: false,
+          args: process.env.DRUPAL_TEST_WEBDRIVER_CHROME_ARGS
+            ? process.env.DRUPAL_TEST_WEBDRIVER_CHROME_ARGS.split(' ')
+            : [],
+        },
+      },
+      screenshots: {
+        enabled: true,
+        on_failure: true,
+        on_error: true,
+        path: `${process.env.DRUPAL_NIGHTWATCH_OUTPUT}/screenshots`,
+      },
+      end_session_on_fail: false,
+    },
+    local: {
+      webdriver: {
+        start_process: process.env.DRUPAL_TEST_CHROMEDRIVER_AUTOSTART,
+        port: process.env.DRUPAL_TEST_WEBDRIVER_PORT,
+        server_path: 'node_modules/.bin/chromedriver',
+      },
+      desiredCapabilities: {
+        browserName: 'chrome',
+        acceptSslCerts: true,
+        chromeOptions: {
+          w3c: false,
           args: process.env.DRUPAL_TEST_WEBDRIVER_CHROME_ARGS
             ? process.env.DRUPAL_TEST_WEBDRIVER_CHROME_ARGS.split(' ')
             : [],
diff -u b/core/tests/README.md b/core/tests/README.md
--- b/core/tests/README.md
+++ b/core/tests/README.md
@@ -85,7 +85,8 @@
 * Configure the nightwatch settings by copying `.env.example` to `.env` and
   editing as necessary.
 * Ensure you have a web server running (as instructed in `.env`)
-* Again inside the `core` folder, run `yarn test:nightwatch` to run the tests.
+* Again inside the `core` folder, run `yarn test:nightwatch --env local` to run
+  the tests.
   By default this will output reports to `core/reports`
 * Nightwatch will run tests for core, as well as contrib and custom modules and
   themes. It will search for tests located under folders with the pattern