diff --git a/cypress/e2e/tasks.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/tasks.cy.js
index 6f34fef..e755a59 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/tasks.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/tasks.cy.js
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ const checkTaskHasClass = (taskName, className) => {
   cy.get(`g[data-element-id=${taskName}]`).should('have.class', className);
 };
 
+const kickOffModelWithForm = (modelId, formName) => {
+  cy.navigateToProcessModel(
+    'Acceptance Tests Group One',
+    'Acceptance Tests Model 2',
+    'acceptance-tests-model-2'
+  );
+  cy.runPrimaryBpmnFile(true);
+};
+
 describe('tasks', () => {
   beforeEach(() => {
     cy.login();
@@ -107,21 +116,15 @@ describe('tasks', () => {
     cy.contains('Status: complete');
   });
 
-  // it('can paginate items', () => {
-  //   cy.navigateToProcessModel(
-  //     'Acceptance Tests Group One',
-  //     'Acceptance Tests Model 1',
-  //     'acceptance-tests-model-1'
-  //   );
-  //
-  //   // make sure we have some tasks
-  //   cy.runPrimaryBpmnFile();
-  //   cy.runPrimaryBpmnFile();
-  //   cy.runPrimaryBpmnFile();
-  //   cy.runPrimaryBpmnFile();
-  //   cy.runPrimaryBpmnFile();
-  //
-  //   cy.navigateToHome();
-  //   cy.basicPaginationTest();
-  // });
+  it('can paginate items', () => {
+    // make sure we have some tasks
+    kickOffModelWithForm();
+    kickOffModelWithForm();
+    kickOffModelWithForm();
+    kickOffModelWithForm();
+    kickOffModelWithForm();
+
+    cy.navigateToHome();
+    cy.basicPaginationTest();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/cypress/support/commands.js b/cypress/support/commands.js
index a593719..6b0e59a 100644
--- a/cypress/support/commands.js
+++ b/cypress/support/commands.js
@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('getBySel', (selector, ...args) => {
 });
 
 Cypress.Commands.add('navigateToHome', () => {
-  cy.get('button[aria-label="Open menu"]').click();
+  cy.getBySel('header-menu-expand-button').click();
   cy.getBySel('side-nav-items').contains('Home').click();
-  // cy.getBySel('nav-home').click();
 });
 
 Cypress.Commands.add('navigateToAdmin', () => {
@@ -85,14 +84,21 @@ Cypress.Commands.add('createModel', (groupId, modelId, modelDisplayName) => {
   cy.contains(`Process Model: ${modelDisplayName}`);
 });
 
-Cypress.Commands.add('runPrimaryBpmnFile', (reload = true) => {
-  cy.contains('Run').click();
-  if (reload) {
-    cy.contains(/Process Instance.*kicked off/);
-    cy.reload(true);
-    cy.contains(/Process Instance.*kicked off/).should('not.exist');
+Cypress.Commands.add(
+  'runPrimaryBpmnFile',
+  (expectAutoRedirectToHumanTask = false) => {
+    cy.contains('Run').click();
+    if (expectAutoRedirectToHumanTask) {
+      // the url changes immediately, so also make sure we get some content from the next page, "Task:", or else when we try to interact with the page, it'll re-render and we'll get an error with cypress.
+      cy.url().should('include', `/tasks/`);
+      cy.contains('Task: ');
+    } else {
+      cy.contains(/Process Instance.*kicked off/);
+      cy.reload(true);
+      cy.contains(/Process Instance.*kicked off/).should('not.exist');
+    }
   }
-});
+);
 
 Cypress.Commands.add(
   'navigateToProcessModel',
diff --git a/src/components/NavigationBar.tsx b/src/components/NavigationBar.tsx
index cc7137f..fb482cd 100644
--- a/src/components/NavigationBar.tsx
+++ b/src/components/NavigationBar.tsx
@@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ export default function NavigationBar() {
           <Header aria-label="IBM Platform Name" className="cds--g100">
             <SkipToContent />
             <HeaderMenuButton
+              data-qa="header-menu-expand-button"
               aria-label="Open menu"
               onClick={onClickSideNavExpand}
               isActive={isSideNavExpanded}