diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
index 33e91370..8a55b30c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake.yml
@@ -375,18 +375,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Smoke test ( QSkinny ) on MacOS
         if: startsWith(matrix.config.name, 'macOS')
+        env:
+          QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS: "1"
         run: |
           echo "starting iotdashboard"
-          DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=./qskinny_install/lib:./qskinny_install/plugins/skins ./qskinny_build/examples/bin/iotdashboard.app/Contents/MacOS/iotdashboard -qwindowgeometry 1024x600+75+100 --screenshot &
+          DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=./qskinny_install/lib:./qskinny_install/plugins/skins ./qskinny_build/examples/bin/iotdashboard.app/Contents/MacOS/iotdashboard -qwindowgeometry 1024x600+75+100 --screenshot ${{ matrix.config.screenshot_filename }} &
           sleep 10
 
       # TODO remove 'qskinny_build\skins\material3\Release' when skin install is fixed
       - name: Smoke Test ( QSkinny ) on Windows
         if: startsWith(matrix.config.name, 'Windows')
+        env:
+          QT_DEBUG_PLUGINS: "1"
         run: |
           $env:Path += ";./qskinny_install/bin;./qskinny_install/lib;./qskinny_install/plugins/skins;./qskinny_build/skins/material3/Release;./qskinny_build/skins/squiek/Release"
           echo "starting iotdashboard"
-          Start-Process qskinny_build\examples\bin\Release\iotdashboard.exe -ArgumentList "-qwindowgeometry 1024x600+0+0" --screenshot
+          Start-Process qskinny_build\examples\bin\Release\iotdashboard.exe -ArgumentList "-qwindowgeometry 1024x600+0+0 --screenshot ${{ matrix.config.screenshot_filename }}"
+          Start-Sleep -Seconds 10
 
       - name: Smoke test ( QSkinny ) on Ubuntu
         if: startsWith(matrix.config.name, 'Ubuntu')
@@ -398,7 +403,7 @@ jobs:
           Xvfb :1 &
           sleep 10
           echo starting iotdashboard
-          ./qskinny_build/examples/bin/iotdashboard &
+          ./qskinny_build/examples/bin/iotdashboard --screenshot ${{ matrix.config.screenshot_filename }} &
           sleep 10
 
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 32698b35..143647df 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ qskinny.pro.user
 html
 tags
 .vscode
+CMakeLists.txt.user
diff --git a/examples/iotdashboard/main.cpp b/examples/iotdashboard/main.cpp
index 86d42373..64f0353b 100644
--- a/examples/iotdashboard/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/iotdashboard/main.cpp
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <QskObjectCounter.h>
 
 #include <QGuiApplication>
+#include <QTimer>
 
 namespace
 {
@@ -86,6 +87,19 @@ int main( int argc, char* argv[] )
     MainWindow window;
     window.show();
 
+    for(int i = 1; i < argc; ++i)
+    {
+      if(argv[i] == QStringLiteral("--screenshot") && i + 1 < argc)
+      {
+        QTimer::singleShot(500, &window, [&app, &window, filename = QString(argv[i + 1])](){
+          auto image = window.grabWindow();
+          image.save(filename);
+          app.exit();
+        });
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+
     return app.exec();
 }