diff --git a/karma.conf.js b/karma.conf.js
index d982aa24..ae666a45 100644
--- a/karma.conf.js
+++ b/karma.conf.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
                 watched: false, included: false, served: true, nocache: false,
             },
             {
-                pattern: 'res/themes/**',
+                pattern: 'res/**',
                 watched: false, included: false, served: true, nocache: false,
             },
         ],
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ module.exports = function (config) {
             // redirect img links to the karma server. See above.
             "/img/": "/base/node_modules/matrix-react-sdk/res/img/",
             "/themes/": "/base/res/themes/",
+            "/welcome.html": "/base/res/welcome.html",
+            "/welcome/": "/base/res/welcome/",
         },
 
         // preprocess matching files before serving them to the browser
diff --git a/test/app-tests/loading.js b/test/app-tests/loading.js
index b165e5d3..aa7fe58f 100644
--- a/test/app-tests/loading.js
+++ b/test/app-tests/loading.js
@@ -222,8 +222,7 @@ describe('loading:', function() {
             }).done(done, done);
         });
 
-        // TODO: Repair this test in https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/8468
-        /* it('should follow the original link after successful login', function(done) {
+        it('should follow the original link after successful login', function(done) {
             loadApp({
                 uriFragment: "#/room/!room:id",
             });
@@ -258,10 +257,9 @@ describe('loading:', function() {
                 expect(localStorage.getItem('mx_hs_url')).toEqual(DEFAULT_HS_URL);
                 expect(localStorage.getItem('mx_is_url')).toEqual(DEFAULT_IS_URL);
             }).done(done, done);
-        }); */
+        });
 
-        // TODO: Repair this test in https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/8468
-        /* it('should not register as a guest when using a #/login link', function() {
+        it('should not register as a guest when using a #/login link', function() {
             loadApp({
                 uriFragment: "#/login",
             });
@@ -288,7 +286,7 @@ describe('loading:', function() {
                     matrixChat, sdk.getComponent('structures.EmbeddedPage'));
                 expect(windowLocation.hash).toEqual("#/home");
             });
-        }); */
+        });
     });
 
     describe("MatrixClient rehydrated from stored credentials:", function() {
@@ -300,8 +298,7 @@ describe('loading:', function() {
             localStorage.setItem("mx_last_room_id", "!last_room:id");
         });
 
-        // TODO: Repair this test in https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/8468
-        /* it('shows the last known room by default', function() {
+        it('shows the last known room by default', function() {
             httpBackend.when('GET', '/pushrules').respond(200, {});
             httpBackend.when('POST', '/filter').respond(200, { filter_id: 'fid' });
 
@@ -357,7 +354,7 @@ describe('loading:', function() {
                 httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation();
                 expect(windowLocation.hash).toEqual("#/room/!room:id");
             }).done(done, done);
-        }); */
+        });
 
         describe('/#/login link:', function() {
             beforeEach(function() {
@@ -387,8 +384,7 @@ describe('loading:', function() {
                 }
             });
 
-            // TODO: Repair this test in https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/8468
-            /* it('shows the homepage after login', function() {
+            it('shows the homepage after login', function() {
                 return completeLogin(matrixChat).then(() => {
                     // we should see a home page, even though we previously had
                     // a stored mx_last_room_id
@@ -396,13 +392,12 @@ describe('loading:', function() {
                         matrixChat, sdk.getComponent('structures.EmbeddedPage'));
                     expect(windowLocation.hash).toEqual("#/home");
                 });
-            }); */
+            });
         });
     });
 
     describe('Guest auto-registration:', function() {
-        // TODO: Repair this test in https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/8468
-        /* it('shows a welcome page by default', function(done) {
+        it('shows a welcome page by default', function(done) {
             loadApp();
 
             Promise.delay(1).then(() => {
@@ -430,10 +425,9 @@ describe('loading:', function() {
                     matrixChat, sdk.getComponent('auth.Welcome'));
                 expect(windowLocation.hash).toEqual("#/welcome");
             }).done(done, done);
-        }); */
+        });
 
-        // TODO: Repair this test in https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/8468
-        /* it('uses the default homeserver to register with', function(done) {
+        it('uses the default homeserver to register with', function(done) {
             loadApp();
 
             Promise.delay(1).then(() => {
@@ -457,15 +451,15 @@ describe('loading:', function() {
             }).then((req) => {
                 expect(req.path).toStartWith(DEFAULT_HS_URL);
 
-                // once the sync completes, we should have a home page
+                // once the sync completes, we should have a welcome page
                 httpBackend.verifyNoOutstandingExpectation();
                 ReactTestUtils.findRenderedComponentWithType(
-                    matrixChat, sdk.getComponent('structures.EmbeddedPage'));
-                expect(windowLocation.hash).toEqual("#/home");
+                    matrixChat, sdk.getComponent('auth.Welcome'));
+                expect(windowLocation.hash).toEqual("#/welcome");
                 expect(MatrixClientPeg.get().baseUrl).toEqual(DEFAULT_HS_URL);
                 expect(MatrixClientPeg.get().idBaseUrl).toEqual(DEFAULT_IS_URL);
             }).done(done, done);
-        }); */
+        });
 
         it('shows a room view if we followed a room link', function(done) {
             loadApp({
@@ -534,15 +528,14 @@ describe('loading:', function() {
                 });
             });
 
-            // TODO: Repair this test in https://github.com/vector-im/riot-web/issues/8468
-            /* it('should give us a login page', function() {
+            it('should give us a login page', function() {
                 expect(windowLocation.hash).toEqual("#/login");
 
                 // we expect a single <Login> component
                 ReactTestUtils.findRenderedComponentWithType(
                     matrixChat, sdk.getComponent('structures.auth.Login'),
                 );
-            }); */
+            });
 
             /*
             // ILAG renders this obsolete. I think.
@@ -684,8 +677,6 @@ function awaitSyncingSpinner(matrixChat, retryLimit, retryCount) {
 
     console.log(Date.now() + " Awaiting sync spinner: load complete.");
 
-    // state looks good, check the rendered output
-    assertAtSyncingSpinner(matrixChat);
     return Promise.resolve();
 }