diff --git a/dev/bots/suite_runners/run_web_tests.dart b/dev/bots/suite_runners/run_web_tests.dart
index 38d9d1d134f..29bfb28c953 100644
--- a/dev/bots/suite_runners/run_web_tests.dart
+++ b/dev/bots/suite_runners/run_web_tests.dart
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ class WebTestsSuite {
         // and it doesn't use most of startCommand's features; we could simplify this a lot by
         // inlining the relevant parts of startCommand here.
         'chromedriver',
-        <String>['--port=4444'],
+        <String>['--port=4444', '--log-level=INFO', '--enable-chrome-logs'],
       );
       while (!await _isChromeDriverRunning()) {
         await Future<void>.delayed(const Duration(milliseconds: 100));
@@ -744,7 +744,8 @@ class WebTestsSuite {
     final Uri chromeDriverUrl = Uri.parse('http://localhost:4444/status');
     final HttpClientRequest request = await client.getUrl(chromeDriverUrl);
     final HttpClientResponse response = await request.close();
-    final Map<String, dynamic> webDriverStatus = json.decode(await response.transform(utf8.decoder).join()) as Map<String, dynamic>;
+    final String responseString = await response.transform(utf8.decoder).join();
+    final Map<String, dynamic> webDriverStatus = json.decode(responseString) as Map<String, dynamic>;
     client.close();
     final bool webDriverReady = (webDriverStatus['value'] as Map<String, dynamic>)['ready'] as bool;
     if (!webDriverReady) {