diff --git a/test/functional/apps/console/_console.js b/test/functional/apps/console/_console.js
index 64d7190f57709..8b8c915de67b0 100644
--- a/test/functional/apps/console/_console.js
+++ b/test/functional/apps/console/_console.js
@@ -15,11 +15,13 @@ export default function ({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
   const retry = getService('retry');
   const log = getService('log');
   const screenshots = getService('screenshots');
-  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'console']);
+  const PageObjects = getPageObjects(['common', 'console', 'gettingStarted']);
 
   describe('console app', function describeIndexTests() {
-    before(function () {
+    before(async function () {
       log.debug('navigateTo console');
+      await PageObjects.common.navigateToUrl('settings', 'kibana/getting_started');
+      await PageObjects.gettingStarted.clickOptOutLink();
       return PageObjects.common.navigateToApp('console');
     });
 
diff --git a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js
index 54632e272ae77..ae2f921c4eb97 100644
--- a/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js
+++ b/test/functional/page_objects/common_page.js
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ export function CommonPageProvider({ getService, getPageObjects }) {
       return getUrl.baseUrl(config.get('servers.elasticsearch'));
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param {string} appName As defined in the apps objects in test/server_config.js
+     * @param {string} subUrl The route after the hash (#)
+     */
     navigateToUrl(appName, subUrl) {
       const appConfig = Object.assign({}, config.get(['apps', appName]), {
         // Overwrite the default hash with the URL we really want.