diff --git a/packages/axe-core-api/e2e/selenium/Gemfile.lock b/packages/axe-core-api/e2e/selenium/Gemfile.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 89c6b5bf..00000000
--- a/packages/axe-core-api/e2e/selenium/Gemfile.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-PATH
-  remote: ../../../axe-core-watir
-  specs:
-    axe-core-watir (4.9.0)
-      axe-core-api
-      dumb_delegator
-
-PATH
-  remote: ../..
-  specs:
-    axe-core-api (4.9.0)
-      dumb_delegator
-      virtus
-
-GEM
-  remote: https://rubygems.org/
-  specs:
-    axiom-types (0.1.1)
-      descendants_tracker (~> 0.0.4)
-      ice_nine (~> 0.11.0)
-      thread_safe (~> 0.3, >= 0.3.1)
-    base64 (0.2.0)
-    coercible (1.0.0)
-      descendants_tracker (~> 0.0.1)
-    descendants_tracker (0.0.4)
-      thread_safe (~> 0.3, >= 0.3.1)
-    diff-lcs (1.5.1)
-    dumb_delegator (1.0.0)
-    ice_nine (0.11.2)
-    rexml (3.2.6)
-    rspec (3.13.0)
-      rspec-core (~> 3.13.0)
-      rspec-expectations (~> 3.13.0)
-      rspec-mocks (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-core (3.13.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-expectations (3.13.0)
-      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-mocks (3.13.0)
-      diff-lcs (>= 1.2.0, < 2.0)
-      rspec-support (~> 3.13.0)
-    rspec-support (3.13.1)
-    rubyzip (2.3.2)
-    selenium-webdriver (4.19.0)
-      base64 (~> 0.2)
-      rexml (~> 3.2, >= 3.2.5)
-      rubyzip (>= 1.2.2, < 3.0)
-      websocket (~> 1.0)
-    thread_safe (0.3.6)
-    virtus (2.0.0)
-      axiom-types (~> 0.1)
-      coercible (~> 1.0)
-      descendants_tracker (~> 0.0, >= 0.0.3)
-    websocket (1.2.10)
-
-PLATFORMS
-  arm64-darwin-23
-  ruby
-
-DEPENDENCIES
-  axe-core-api!
-  axe-core-watir!
-  rspec
-  selenium-webdriver
-
-BUNDLED WITH
-   2.5.7
diff --git a/packages/axe-core-api/lib/axe/api/run.rb b/packages/axe-core-api/lib/axe/api/run.rb
index cfbcd93e..3ae4e3f7 100644
--- a/packages/axe-core-api/lib/axe/api/run.rb
+++ b/packages/axe-core-api/lib/axe/api/run.rb
@@ -104,8 +104,6 @@ def within_about_blank_context(page)
         end
         new_handle = new_handles[0]
         driver.switch_to.window new_handle
-
-
         driver.get "about:blank"
 
         ret = yield page
diff --git a/packages/axe-core-api/lib/axe/core.rb b/packages/axe-core-api/lib/axe/core.rb
index 80af5276..7127a16f 100644
--- a/packages/axe-core-api/lib/axe/core.rb
+++ b/packages/axe-core-api/lib/axe/core.rb
@@ -41,13 +41,18 @@ def use_run_partial
     def assert_frame_ready
       begin
         ready = Timeout.timeout(10) {
-          @page.evaluate_script <<-JS
-            document.readyState === 'complete'
-          JS
+          wait = Selenium::WebDriver::Wait.new(:timeout => 10)
+          wait.until { 
+            readyState = @page.evaluate_script <<-JS
+              document.readyState
+            JS
+            readyState === 'complete'
+          }
         }
       rescue Timeout::Error
         ready = false
       end
+
       raise Exception.new "Page/frame not ready" if not ready
     end
 
diff --git a/packages/axe-core-api/spec/axe/core_spec.rb b/packages/axe-core-api/spec/axe/core_spec.rb
index a31faed4..6b315235 100644
--- a/packages/axe-core-api/spec/axe/core_spec.rb
+++ b/packages/axe-core-api/spec/axe/core_spec.rb
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ module Axe
     let(:page) {
       spy("page", evaluate_script: false)
     }
-    before { allow(page).to receive(:evaluate_script).and_return(false, true, false) }
-
+    before { allow(page).to receive(:evaluate_script).and_return(false, 'complete', false) }
     describe "initialize" do
       # We have removed comments from `axe.min.js`, so excluding this test
       # Hence cannot do start_with("/*! aXe"), instead do a function we know should exist check
@@ -25,6 +24,14 @@ module Axe
           expect(page).not_to have_received(:execute_script)
         end
       end
+
+      context "when document.readyState is interactive" do
+        before { allow(page).to receive(:evaluate_script).and_return(false, 'interactive', 'interactive', 'complete') }
+        it "should check ready frame until complete, then proceed" do
+          described_class.new(page)
+          expect(page).to have_received(:execute_script).with(a_string_including ("axe.run="))
+        end
+      end
     end
 
     describe "call" do