diff --git a/src/conftest.py b/src/conftest.py
index 7e714ee..f8185d4 100644
--- a/src/conftest.py
+++ b/src/conftest.py
@@ -5,12 +5,12 @@
 # sys.path. It is thus good practise for projects to either put conftest.py under
 # a package scope or to never import anything from a conftest.py file.
 
-import os.path
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import pytest
 from dirmanager import DirManager
 from dotenv import dotenv_values
+from icecream import ic
 from playwright.sync_api import BrowserContext
 
 pytest_plugins = [
@@ -79,8 +79,12 @@ def pytest_runtest_makereport(item, call):
 
     # we only look at actual failing test calls, not setup/teardown
     if rep.when == "call" and rep.failed:
-        mode = "a" if os.path.exists("failures") else "w"
-        with open("failures", mode) as f:
+        # saves traceback as .txt for failed test
+        filename = f"failed-{item.nodeid}.txt"
+        filename = filename.replace("/", "-")
+        filename = filename.replace("::", "-")
+        filepath = item.funcargs["RESULTS"] / filename
+        with open(filepath, "a") as f:
             f.write(rep.longreprtext + "\n")