diff --git a/cypress/e2e/billing.cy.ts b/cypress/e2e/billing.cy.ts
index a21188c0f42d0..8f81ca07a63eb 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/billing.cy.ts
+++ b/cypress/e2e/billing.cy.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ describe('Billing', () => {
         cy.contains('.LemonModal .LemonButton', 'Unsubscribe').click()
 
         cy.window().then((win) => {
+            win.console.warn('_CYPRESS_POSTHOG_CAPTURES', (win as any)._cypress_posthog_captures)
             const events = (win as any)._cypress_posthog_captures
             const matchingEvents = events.filter((event) => event.event === 'survey sent')
             expect(matchingEvents.length).to.equal(1)
diff --git a/cypress/support/e2e.ts b/cypress/support/e2e.ts
index f2fad98287005..a01a69b3d23e0 100644
--- a/cypress/support/e2e.ts
+++ b/cypress/support/e2e.ts
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Cypress.on('window:before:load', (win) => {
     cy.spy(win.console, 'error')
     cy.spy(win.console, 'warn')
 
+    win.console.warn('SETTING _CYPRESS_POSTHOG_CAPTURES')
     win._cypress_posthog_captures = []
 })
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/loadPostHogJS.tsx b/frontend/src/loadPostHogJS.tsx
index e0307ab977635..233bb79b99fa2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/loadPostHogJS.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/loadPostHogJS.tsx
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ const configWithSentry = (config: Partial<PostHogConfig>): Partial<PostHogConfig
 }
 
 export function loadPostHogJS(): void {
+    ;(window as any)._cypress_posthog_captures = []
     if (window.JS_POSTHOG_API_KEY) {
         posthog.init(
             window.JS_POSTHOG_API_KEY,
@@ -46,9 +47,7 @@ export function loadPostHogJS(): void {
                 person_profiles: 'always',
 
                 // Helper to capture events for assertions in Cypress
-                _onCapture: (window as any)._cypress_posthog_captures
-                    ? (_, event) => (window as any)._cypress_posthog_captures.push(event)
-                    : undefined,
+                _onCapture: (_, event) => (window as any)._cypress_posthog_captures.push(event),
             })
         )