diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 631b5a03fe0378c873a795abb083abc4489869a0..eb83d3cbaf242a31f1a7eab703d391ff771b95ae 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ build_macosx_36:
     - mv conda-bld ${CONDA_ROOT}
   script:
     - export BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS=true
-    - BOB_TEST_ONLY=true ./_ci/build.sh
+    - BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS=true BOB_TEST_ONLY=true ./_ci/build.sh
   after_script:
     - ./_ci/after_build.sh
 
diff --git a/conda/js/karma.conf.js b/conda/js/karma.conf.js
index 98c6bd36dac6c191beddc069b093e8bf78aeeb01..c50582ce9334a302bd2cade6ff023688f210a7be 100644
--- a/conda/js/karma.conf.js
+++ b/conda/js/karma.conf.js
@@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ delete webpackConfig.entry;
 module.exports = function (config) {
 	config.set({
 		browsers: [
-			// TODO: try to renable once chromium >55 comes out
-			//'ChromeHeadless',
 			'FirefoxHeadless',
+			//'ChromiumHeadless',
 		],
 		customLaunchers: {
 			FirefoxHeadless: {
diff --git a/conda/meta.yaml b/conda/meta.yaml
index 54bd4e00755c1d22a2dc3b930dda34e4c3ae1548..d8d7edd939292419db07136a9192228a3e83a46b 100644
--- a/conda/meta.yaml
+++ b/conda/meta.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ requirements:
     - beat.cmdline
 
 test:
+  script_env:
+    - BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS
+
   files:
     - js
 
@@ -56,16 +59,14 @@ test:
     - beat editor --help
     - beat editor serve --help
     - nosetests --with-coverage --cover-package={{ name }} -sv {{ name }}
+    - if [ -n "${BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS}" ]; then cd {{ project_dir }}/conda/js; fi
+    - if [ -n "${BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS}" ]; then npm install; fi
+    - if [ -n "${BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS}" ]; then CHROMIUM_BIN=chromium-browser npm test; fi
+    - if [ -n "${BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS}" ]; then cd -; fi
     - sphinx-build -aEW {{ project_dir }}/doc {{ project_dir }}/sphinx
     - sphinx-build -aEb doctest {{ project_dir }}/doc sphinx
     - conda inspect linkages -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [not win]
     - conda inspect objects -p $PREFIX {{ name }}  # [osx]
-    {% if environ.get('BEAT_BROWSER_TESTS', False)  %}
-    - cd {{ project_dir }}/conda/js
-    - npm install
-    - npm test
-    - cd -
-    {% endif %}
 
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