diff --git a/cypress/integration/index.spec.ts b/cypress/integration/index.spec.ts
index 31a113ab..31ae90df 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/index.spec.ts
+++ b/cypress/integration/index.spec.ts
@@ -10,21 +10,27 @@ const setLocalStorageSettings = () => {
 it('Loads & renders singleplayer', () => {
     cy.visit('/')
     window.localStorage.clear()
-    window.localStorage.setItem('renderDistance', '2')
     window.localStorage.setItem('options', JSON.stringify({
         localServerOptions: {
             generation: {
                 name: 'superflat',
                 options: { seed: 250869072 }
             }
-        }
+        },
+        renderDistance: 2
     }))
     setLocalStorageSettings()
     cy.get('#title-screen').find('[data-test-id="singleplayer-button"]', { includeShadowDom: true, }).click()
-    // todo implement load event
-    cy.wait(12000)
-    cy.get('body').toMatchImageSnapshot({
-        name: 'superflat-world',
+    cy.document().then({ timeout: 20_000, }, doc => {
+        return new Cypress.Promise(resolve => {
+            doc.addEventListener('cypress-world-ready', resolve)
+        })
+    }).then(() => {
+        // wait for render
+        cy.wait(6000)
+        cy.get('body').toMatchImageSnapshot({
+            name: 'superflat-world',
+        })
     })
 })
 
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 194884b8..ab21eefb 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ import {
   miscUiState,
   gameAdditionalState
 } from './globalState'
+import viewerSupportedVersions from 'prismarine-viewer/viewer/supportedVersions.json'
 
 import {
   pointerLock,
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ import {
   isCypress,
   loadScript,
   toMajorVersion,
-  setLoadingScreenStatus
+  setLoadingScreenStatus,
+  downloadDefaultTextures
 } from './utils'
 
 import {
@@ -80,8 +82,10 @@ import { options } from './optionsStorage'
 import { subscribeKey } from 'valtio/utils'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 import { contro } from './controls'
-import { genTexturePackTextures, watchTexturepackInViewer } from './texturePack'
+import { genTexturePackTextures, resourcePackState, watchTexturepackInViewer } from './texturePack'
 import { connectToPeer } from './localServerMultiplayer'
+import { loadTexture } from 'prismarine-viewer/viewer/lib/utils.web'
+import { getVersion } from 'prismarine-viewer/viewer/lib/version'
 
 //@ts-ignore
 window.THREE = THREE
@@ -410,9 +414,17 @@ async function connect(connectOptions: {
         console.error(err)
         const doContinue = prompt('Failed to apply texture pack. See errors in the console. Continue?')
         if (!doContinue) {
-          setLoadingScreenStatus(undefined)
+          throw new Error('Failed to apply texture pack')
         }
       }
+
+      if (resourcePackState.currentTexturesDataUrl === undefined) {
+        // resourcepack textures are not applied, we download default manually to ensure testing works
+        const viewerVersion = getVersion(version) ?? viewerSupportedVersions.at(-1)
+        const texturesDataUrl = await downloadDefaultTextures(viewerVersion)
+        viewer.world.texturesDataUrl = texturesDataUrl
+        viewer.world.blockStatesData = await fetch(`./blocksStates/${viewerVersion}.json`).then(res => res.json())
+      }
       await loadScript(`./mc-data/${toMajorVersion(version)}.js`)
     }
 
@@ -721,6 +733,10 @@ async function connect(connectOptions: {
     hud.init(renderer, bot, host)
     hud.style.display = 'block'
 
+    viewer.waitForChunksToRender().then(() => {
+      console.log('ready!')
+      document.dispatchEvent(new Event('cypress-world-ready'))
+    })
     setTimeout(function () {
       errorAbortController.abort()
       if (loadingScreen.hasError) return
diff --git a/src/utils.ts b/src/utils.ts
index c757223f..d5302a35 100644
--- a/src/utils.ts
+++ b/src/utils.ts
@@ -244,3 +244,25 @@ export const resolveTimeout = (promise, timeout = 10000) => {
     }, timeout)
   })
 }
+
+const cachedTextures = {}
+
+export const downloadDefaultTextures = async (version) => {
+  if (cachedTextures[version]) return cachedTextures[version]
+
+  const texturesDataUrl = await new Promise<string>(async resolve => {
+    const result = await fetch(`./textures/${version}.png`)
+    if (result.status !== 200) {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to download textures: ${result.status}`)
+    }
+    // get base64
+    const blob = await result.blob()
+    const reader = new FileReader()
+    reader.onload = () => {
+      resolve(reader.result as string)
+    }
+    reader.readAsDataURL(blob)
+  })
+  cachedTextures[version] = texturesDataUrl
+  return texturesDataUrl
+}