diff --git a/e2e/cypress/support/e2e.js b/e2e/cypress/support/e2e.js
index 15cecf637f8..374bdd84d93 100644
--- a/e2e/cypress/support/e2e.js
+++ b/e2e/cypress/support/e2e.js
@@ -7,9 +7,23 @@ Cypress.Screenshot.defaults({
 
 const COMMAND_DELAY = 1000;
 
-if (Cypress.env('SLOWMO')) {
-  const commandsToModify = ['clear', 'click', 'contains', 'reload', 'then', 'trigger', 'type', 'visit'];
+function delay(ms) {
+  let now = Date.now();
+  const end = now + ms;
 
+  do {
+    now = Date.now();
+  } while (now < end);
+}
+
+if (Cypress.env('SLOWMO')) {
+  Cypress.Commands.overwriteQuery('contains', function (contains, filter, text, userOptions = {}) {
+    delay(COMMAND_DELAY);
+    const call = contains.bind(this);
+    return call(filter, text, userOptions);
+  });
+
+  const commandsToModify = ['clear', 'click', 'reload', 'then', 'trigger', 'type', 'visit'];
   commandsToModify.forEach((command) => {
     // @ts-ignore -- https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/7807
     Cypress.Commands.overwrite(command, (originalFn, ...args) => {
@@ -65,3 +79,10 @@ beforeEach(() => {
     cy.setLocalStorage('grafana.featureToggles', toggles.join(','));
   }
 });
+
+afterEach(() => {
+  // in slowmo mode, wait to see the last command
+  if (Cypress.env('SLOWMO')) {
+    cy.wait(COMMAND_DELAY);
+  }
+});
diff --git a/e2e/run-suite b/e2e/run-suite
index ec9b5115ae4..a3d8d15913a 100755
--- a/e2e/run-suite
+++ b/e2e/run-suite
@@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ case "$1" in
                 ;;
             "dev")
                 echo "Dev mode"
+                # remove comment to run in slomo ( demo mode )
+                # env[SLOWMO]=1
                 CMD="cypress open"
                 enterpriseSuite=$(basename "${args[2]}")
                 ;;