diff --git a/playwright-tests/pages/BasePage.ts b/playwright-tests/pages/BasePage.ts
index c241c45e..8b881b59 100644
--- a/playwright-tests/pages/BasePage.ts
+++ b/playwright-tests/pages/BasePage.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,21 @@ export class BasePage {
     }
 
     async validateURL(url: string) {
-        const currentUrl = this.page.url();
-        expect(currentUrl).toEqual(url);
+        let failCount = 0;
+        /*  
+        We can't assume that the URL has already changed when we get here, but the point of this
+        is to help speed up tests, so we want to move on as soon as we can if this passes, but
+        without waiting too long if it fails
+        */
+        while(failCount < 10) {
+            await this.page.waitForTimeout(1000);
+            const currentUrl = this.page.url();
+            if(currentUrl == url)
+                break;
+            else {
+                failCount++;
+            }
+        }
+        expect(failCount).not.toEqual(10);
     }
 }
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