diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 475d498..b35cee6 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ gem 'json'
 gem 'mediawiki-gateway', git: 'https://github.com/MusikAnimal/mediawiki-gateway'
 gem 'paperclip'
 gem 'friendly_id'
-gem 'recommendify', git: 'https://github.com/paulasmuth/recommendify', ref: '34308c4'
+gem 'recommendify', git: 'https://github.com/Kinoba/recommendify', ref: 'd8c252f'
 
 # background jobs
 gem 'sidekiq'
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ group :test do
   gem 'vcr'
   gem 'capybara'
   gem 'poltergeist'
+  gem 'selenium-webdriver'
   gem 'database_cleaner'
   gem 'timecop'
 end
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 7308701..2796255 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+GIT
+  remote: https://github.com/Kinoba/recommendify
+  revision: d8c252fb0a2496904ba46b3206a0db66ef25166f
+  ref: d8c252f
+  specs:
+    recommendify (0.3.8)
+      redis (>= 2.2.2)
+
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/MusikAnimal/mediawiki-gateway
   revision: 26b225f7374cdc94ea97effb5042e893d956c987
@@ -5,14 +13,6 @@ GIT
     mediawiki-gateway (1.2.7)
       rest-client (~> 2.0)
 
-GIT
-  remote: https://github.com/paulasmuth/recommendify
-  revision: 34308c41800a0ea9b02842c4cf84e8bcc5dd1f63
-  ref: 34308c4
-  specs:
-    recommendify (0.3.6)
-      redis (>= 2.2.2)
-
 GIT
   remote: https://github.com/ryanb/nested_form
   revision: 1b0689dfb4d230ceabd278eba159fcb02f23c68a
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ GEM
       rack (>= 1.0.0)
       rack-test (>= 0.5.4)
       xpath (>= 2.0, < 4.0)
+    childprocess (3.0.0)
     chronic (0.10.2)
     climate_control (0.2.0)
     cliver (0.3.2)
@@ -225,8 +226,8 @@ GEM
     plos (0.0.7)
       nokogiri
       rest-client
-    poltergeist (1.17.0)
-      capybara (~> 2.1)
+    poltergeist (1.18.1)
+      capybara (>= 2.1, < 4)
       cliver (~> 0.3.1)
       websocket-driver (>= 0.2.0)
     power_assert (1.1.1)
@@ -326,6 +327,9 @@ GEM
       tilt (>= 1.1, < 3)
     scrypt (3.0.5)
       ffi-compiler (>= 1.0, < 2.0)
+    selenium-webdriver (3.142.7)
+      childprocess (>= 0.5, < 4.0)
+      rubyzip (>= 1.2.2)
     sentry-raven (2.7.2)
       faraday (>= 0.7.6, < 1.0)
     shellany (0.0.1)
@@ -386,7 +390,7 @@ GEM
       addressable (>= 2.3.6)
       crack (>= 0.3.2)
       hashdiff
-    websocket-driver (0.7.0)
+    websocket-driver (0.7.5)
       websocket-extensions (>= 0.1.0)
     websocket-extensions (0.1.5)
     whenever (0.10.0)
@@ -442,6 +446,7 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   rvm-capistrano (= 1.4.4)
   sanitize
   sass-rails
+  selenium-webdriver
   sentry-raven
   shoulda-context
   sidekiq
diff --git a/spec/features/search_spec.rb b/spec/features/search_spec.rb
index b350a3a..b1871a5 100644
--- a/spec/features/search_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/search_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 require 'spec_helper'
-
 feature 'search' do
   let!(:snp) { create(:snp, name: 'foo123') }
   let!(:phenotype) { create(:phenotype, characteristic: 'foonotype') }
diff --git a/spec/spec_helper.rb b/spec/spec_helper.rb
index 1c8b987..d03ca10 100644
--- a/spec/spec_helper.rb
+++ b/spec/spec_helper.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ require 'factory_bot_rails'
 require 'pry-rails' unless ENV['CI']
 require 'authlogic/test_case'
 require 'capybara/poltergeist'
-Capybara.javascript_driver = :poltergeist
+# commenting out poltergeist as phantomjs breaks Github tests
+Capybara.javascript_driver = :selenium
 
 
 # Requires supporting ruby files with custom matchers and macros, etc,
diff --git a/spec/support/capybara_config.rb b/spec/support/capybara_config.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..630d718
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/support/capybara_config.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+# from https://www.railsagency.com/blog/2020/03/11/how-to-configure-full-stack-integration-testing-with-selenium-and-ruby-on-rails/
+# lots of options, but gets around 'exit code 1' on github
+Capybara.register_driver :chrome_headless do |app|
+  capabilities = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.chrome(
+    'goog:chromeOptions': {
+      args: %w[no-sandbox headless disable-gpu --window-size=1920,1080]
+    }
+  )
+  Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(app, browser: :chrome, desired_capabilities: capabilities)
+end
+
+# Ensure Log directory exists
+`mkdir -p tmp/selenium_logs`
+
+Capybara.register_driver :chrome do |app|
+  capabilities = Selenium::WebDriver::Remote::Capabilities.chrome(
+    'goog:chromeOptions': { args: %w[start-maximized] }
+  )
+
+  Capybara::Selenium::Driver.new(
+    app,
+    browser: :chrome,
+    desired_capabilities: capabilities,
+    driver_opts: {
+      log_path: "./tmp/selenium_logs/selenium-#{Time.now.to_i}.log",
+      verbose: true
+    }
+  )
+end
+
+Capybara.javascript_driver = ENV.fetch('CAPYBARA_JAVASCRIPT_DRIVER', :chrome_headless).to_sym