diff --git a/frontend/src/ts/test/test-ui.ts b/frontend/src/ts/test/test-ui.ts
index 34e889fed..5bd4c8f6c 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ts/test/test-ui.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/ts/test/test-ui.ts
@@ -910,6 +910,9 @@ export async function updateWordElement(
   }
 
   if (newlineafter) $("#words").append("<div class='newline'></div>");
+  if (Config.tapeMode !== "off") {
+    scrollTape();
+  }
 }
 
 export function scrollTape(): void {