diff --git a/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadButton.tsx b/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadButton.tsx
index 072d0bbc0..7807b796b 100644
--- a/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadButton.tsx
+++ b/website/src/components/SearchPage/DownloadDialog/DownloadButton.tsx
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ export const DownloadButton: FC<DownloadButtonProps> = ({
             className={`btn loculusColor ${disabled ? 'btn-disabled' : ''} text-white`}
             href={downloadUrl}
             onClick={handleClick}
+            data-testid='start-download'
         >
             Download
         </a>
diff --git a/website/tests/pages/search/index.spec.ts b/website/tests/pages/search/index.spec.ts
index 751ae6be5..28fcfe7c6 100644
--- a/website/tests/pages/search/index.spec.ts
+++ b/website/tests/pages/search/index.spec.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { type Page, type Download } from '@playwright/test';
 import { DateTime } from 'luxon';
 
 import { routes } from '../../../src/routes/routes.ts';
@@ -5,6 +6,10 @@ import { getAccessionVersionString } from '../../../src/utils/extractAccessionVe
 import { baseUrl, dummyOrganism, expect, test } from '../../e2e.fixture';
 import { getTestSequences } from '../../util/testSequenceProvider.ts';
 
+interface PerformDownloadOptions {
+    selectRawNucleotide?: boolean;
+}
+
 test.describe('The search page', () => {
     test('should find no data in the future', async ({ searchPage }) => {
         const tomorrow = DateTime.now().plus({ days: 1 }).toISODate();
@@ -97,4 +102,49 @@ test.describe('The search page', () => {
 
         await expect(searchPage.getAccessionField()).toHaveValue('');
     });
+
+    async function performDownload(page: Page, options: PerformDownloadOptions = {}): Promise<string> {
+        const { selectRawNucleotide = false } = options;
+
+        const downloadButton = page.getByRole('button', { name: 'Download' });
+        await downloadButton.click();
+
+        if (selectRawNucleotide === true) {
+            const rawNucleotideRadio = page.getByLabel('Raw nucleotide sequences');
+            await rawNucleotideRadio.check();
+        }
+
+        const agreeCheckbox = page.getByLabel(/I agree/);
+        await agreeCheckbox.check();
+
+        const downloadButton2 = page.getByTestId('start-download');
+
+        const downloadPromise: Promise<Download> = page.waitForEvent('download');
+
+        await downloadButton2.click();
+
+        const download: Download = await downloadPromise;
+
+        const suggestedFileName: string = download.suggestedFilename();
+        const filePath: string = '/tmp/' + String(Math.random()).slice(0, 5) + suggestedFileName;
+        await download.saveAs(filePath);
+
+        return filePath;
+    }
+
+    test('should download file when agreeing to terms', async ({ searchPage, page }) => {
+        await searchPage.goto();
+
+        const filePath = await performDownload(page);
+
+        expect(filePath).toBeTruthy();
+    });
+
+    test('should download raw nucleotide sequences when selected', async ({ searchPage, page }) => {
+        await searchPage.goto();
+
+        const filePath = await performDownload(page, { selectRawNucleotide: true });
+
+        expect(filePath).toBeTruthy();
+    });
 });