diff --git a/cypress/integration/ui.js b/cypress/integration/ui.js
index ea77824b..4e197cbf 100644
--- a/cypress/integration/ui.js
+++ b/cypress/integration/ui.js
@@ -29,20 +29,21 @@ describe('UI tests', function () {
     cy.get('#tool_source').click();
 
     cy.get('#svg_source_textarea')
+      .type('{selectall}')
       .type(`<svg width="640" height="480" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg">
    <g class="layer">
     <title>Layer 1</title>
     <path d="m187,194a114,62 0 1 0 219,2" fill="#FF0000" stroke="#000000" stroke-width="5"/>
    </g>
-  </svg>`);
+  </svg>`, {parseSpecialCharSequences: false});
     cy.get('#tool_source_save').click();
     cy.get('#svg_1').click().click();
 
     cy.get('#pathpointgrip_0').trigger('mousedown', {which: 1})
-      .trigger('mousemove', randomOffset(), randomOffset())
+      .trigger('mousemove', randomOffset(), randomOffset(), {force: true})
       .trigger('mouseup', {force: true});
     cy.get('#pathpointgrip_1').trigger('mousedown', {which: 1})
-      .trigger('mousemove', randomOffset(), randomOffset())
+      .trigger('mousemove', randomOffset(), randomOffset(), {force: true})
       .trigger('mouseup', {force: true});
 
     cy.get('#svg_1[d]').should('not.contain', 'NaN');