diff --git a/commands/host/1x-playwright-install b/commands/host/1x-playwright-install
index 54abaa6..57a6888 100755
--- a/commands/host/1x-playwright-install
+++ b/commands/host/1x-playwright-install
@@ -23,17 +23,25 @@ echo -e "${GREEN}Installing playwright (within DDEV):${NC}"
 ddev add-on get lullabot/ddev-playwright --version 0.5.0
 ddev restart
 
-[ "${DDEV_MUTAGEN_ENABLED:-}" = "true" ] && ddev mutagen sync
-# Make sure we have a test/playwright-folder.
-ddev exec -d /var/www/html/ "mkdir -p test/playwright"
-# Empty JSON so the `ddev install-playwright` actually installs.
-[ "${DDEV_MUTAGEN_ENABLED:-}" = "true" ] && ddev mutagen sync
-ddev exec -d /var/www/html/test/playwright 'echo "{}" > ./package.json'
+# Only create an empty package.json if it doesn't exist.
+if [ ! -f "$DDEV_APPROOT/test/playwright/package.json" ]; then
+    [ "${DDEV_MUTAGEN_ENABLED:-}" = "true" ] && ddev mutagen sync
+    # Make sure we have a test/playwright-folder.
+    ddev exec -d /var/www/html/ "mkdir -p test/playwright"
+    # Empty JSON so the `ddev install-playwright` actually installs.
+    [ "${DDEV_MUTAGEN_ENABLED:-}" = "true" ] && ddev mutagen sync
+    ddev exec -d /var/www/html/test/playwright 'echo "{}" > ./package.json'
+fi
 
 [ "${DDEV_MUTAGEN_ENABLED:-}" = "true" ] && ddev mutagen sync
 # Install playwright *inside* the ddev container (see lullabot/ddev-playwright)
 ddev install-playwright
 
 [ "${DDEV_MUTAGEN_ENABLED:-}" = "true" ] && ddev mutagen sync
-# Use our forked starterkit https://github.com/1xINTERNET/create-dxp-playwright to scaffold.
-ddev exec -d /var/www/html/test/playwright "npx --yes 1xINTERNET/create-dxp-playwright --version='~1.58' --quiet"
+
+if [ ! -f "$DDEV_APPROOT/test/playwright/package-lock.json" ]; then
+    # Use our forked starterkit https://github.com/1xINTERNET/create-dxp-playwright to scaffold.
+    ddev exec -d /var/www/html/test/playwright "npx --yes 1xINTERNET/create-dxp-playwright --version='~1.58' --quiet"
+else
+    echo "Notice: because of an existing test/playwright/package-lock.js, we have NOT (re-)installed 1xINTERNET/create-dxp-playwright!"
+fi