diff --git a/neon/tests/plasma/plasma_favorite.pm b/neon/tests/plasma/plasma_favorite.pm
index 8c940d1..34d7cca 100644
--- a/neon/tests/plasma/plasma_favorite.pm
+++ b/neon/tests/plasma/plasma_favorite.pm
@@ -1,55 +1,64 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018 Bhavisha Dhruve <bhavishadhruve@gmail.com>
 # Copyright (C) 2016-2018 Harald Sitter <sitter@kde.org>
 #
 # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
 # modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
 # published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
 # the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
 # accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
 # by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
 # defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
 #
 # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 # but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
 # GNU General Public License for more details.
 #
 # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 # along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 use base "basetest_neon";
 use strict;
 use testapi;
 
 sub run {
     assert_screen 'folder-desktop';
 
+    # Temporary hack to see if disabling compositing is able to make the needles
+    # pass. Working theory is that translucency is screwing the matching degree.
+    select_console 'log-console';
+    {
+        assert_script_run 'qdbus org.kde.KWin /Compositor org.kde.kwin.Compositing.suspend';
+    }
+    select_console 'x11';
+
+
     # Starts the Application Launcher
     assert_and_click 'kickoff';
     wait_still_screen;
     # Switches to the Application Tab
     assert_screen 'kickoff-favorite';
     assert_and_click 'kickoff-application';
     assert_and_click 'kickoff-office';
     # Adds Okular in the favorites tab
     assert_and_click 'kickoff-okular', 'right';
     assert_and_click 'kickoff-add-to-favorite';
     assert_screen 'kickoff-favorite-okular';
     # Removes Okular from the favorites tab
     assert_and_click 'kickoff-favorite-okular', 'right';
     assert_and_click 'kickoff-remove-from-favorite';
     assert_screen ['kickoff-favorite-okular', 'kickoff-favorite'], 60;
     if (match_has_tag('kickoff-favorite-okular')) {
         die 'Okular should not be visible on the favorite tab'
     }
 }
 
 sub test_flags {
     # without anything - rollback to 'lastgood' snapshot if failed
     # 'fatal' - whole test suite is in danger if this fails
     # 'milestone' - after this test succeeds, update 'lastgood'
     # 'important' - if this fails, set the overall state to 'fail'
     return { important => 1 };
 }
 
 1;