diff --git a/js/electron.js b/js/electron.js
index 770f95026b..ceae08c67d 100644
--- a/js/electron.js
+++ b/js/electron.js
@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@ const createWindow = () => {
 
 	const electronOptions = Object.assign({}, electronOptionsDefaults, config.electronOptions);
 
+	if (process.env.mmTestMode) {
+		electronOptions.show = false;
+		electronOptions.fullscreen = false;
+	}
+
 	if (process.env.MOCK_DATE !== undefined) {
 		// if we are running tests and we want to mock the current date
 		const fakeNow = new Date(process.env.MOCK_DATE).valueOf();
@@ -143,9 +148,11 @@ const createWindow = () => {
 		callback({ responseHeaders: curHeaders });
 	});
 
-	mainWindow.once("ready-to-show", () => {
-		mainWindow.show();
-	});
+	if (!process.env.mmTestMode) {
+		mainWindow.once("ready-to-show", () => {
+			mainWindow.show();
+		});
+	}
 };
 
 // Quit when all windows are closed.
diff --git a/tests/configs/modules/display.js b/tests/configs/modules/display.js
index d51ae869ac..bec8fbfeee 100644
--- a/tests/configs/modules/display.js
+++ b/tests/configs/modules/display.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const config = {
 	address: "0.0.0.0",
 	ipWhitelist: [],
+	electronOptions: { width: 640, height: 480, show: true, fullscreen: true },
 	modules: [
 		{
 			module: "helloworld",
diff --git a/tests/electron/env_spec.js b/tests/electron/env_spec.js
index 3351e1af0e..75974a034c 100644
--- a/tests/electron/env_spec.js
+++ b/tests/electron/env_spec.js
@@ -15,6 +15,13 @@ describe("Electron app environment", () => {
 		const moduleContent = await helpers.getElement("#module_0_helloworld .module-content");
 		await expect(moduleContent.textContent()).resolves.toContain("Test Display Header");
 		expect(global.electronApp.windows()).toHaveLength(1);
+		const windowState = await global.electronApp.evaluate(({ BrowserWindow }) => {
+			const [window] = BrowserWindow.getAllWindows();
+			return { visible: window.isVisible(), fullscreen: window.isFullScreen(), bounds: window.getBounds() };
+		});
+		expect(windowState.visible).toBe(false);
+		expect(windowState.fullscreen).toBe(false);
+		expect(windowState.bounds).toMatchObject({ width: 640, height: 480 });
 	});
 });
 
@@ -34,5 +41,7 @@ describe("Development console tests", () => {
 		for (const page of pageArray) {
 			expect(["MagicMirror²", "DevTools"]).toContain(await page.title());
 		}
+		const visible = await global.electronApp.evaluate(({ BrowserWindow }) => BrowserWindow.getAllWindows().some((window) => window.isVisible()));
+		expect(visible).toBe(false);
 	});
 });