diff --git a/packages/runtime-playground/src/playground-runtime.ts b/packages/runtime-playground/src/playground-runtime.ts
index 245c092d..62b2b92a 100644
--- a/packages/runtime-playground/src/playground-runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/runtime-playground/src/playground-runtime.ts
@@ -233,6 +233,10 @@ export interface PlaygroundRuntimeBackendOptions {
   cliModule?: PlaygroundCliModule
 }
 
+export function materializePlaygroundRunResponse(response: PlaygroundRunResponse): PlaygroundRunResponse {
+  return { ...response, text: response.text }
+}
+
 class PlaygroundRuntime implements Runtime {
   private status: RuntimeInfo["status"] = "created"
   private readonly runtimeId = id("runtime")
@@ -1788,7 +1792,8 @@ class PlaygroundRuntime implements Runtime {
         const response = await this.executeRequestWorker(server, options.code, requestWorkerEnvironment, this.executionSignals.getStore())
         return { text: response.text, exitCode: response.ok ? 0 : 1, ...(!response.ok ? { errors: response.text } : {}) }
       }
-      return await abortable(server.playground.run(options), this.executionSignals.getStore())
+      const response = await abortable(server.playground.run(options), this.executionSignals.getStore())
+      return materializePlaygroundRunResponse(response)
     } catch (error) {
       const payload = "code" in options ? options.code : options.scriptPath
       throw new PlaygroundCommandCrashError(command, error, {
diff --git a/tests/plugin-state-command.test.ts b/tests/plugin-state-command.test.ts
index 77401572..a7d09a35 100644
--- a/tests/plugin-state-command.test.ts
+++ b/tests/plugin-state-command.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 import assert from "node:assert/strict"
 import { commandRegistry } from "../packages/runtime-core/src/command-registry.js"
 import { pluginStateInputFromArgs, pluginStatePhpCode } from "../packages/runtime-playground/src/plugin-state-command-handlers.js"
+import { materializePlaygroundRunResponse } from "../packages/runtime-playground/src/playground-runtime.js"
+import { runPluginStateCommand } from "../packages/runtime-playground/src/wordpress-command-runners.js"
 
 const command = commandRegistry.find((definition) => definition.id === "wordpress.plugin-state")
 const ensureCommand = commandRegistry.find((definition) => definition.id === "wordpress.ensure-plugin-active")
@@ -37,4 +39,25 @@ assert.match(php, /networkActivePluginsAfter/)
 assert.match(php, /artifactRefs/)
 assert.doesNotMatch(JSON.stringify(command), /homeboy|woocommerce|hbx/i)
 
+const pluginStateJson = JSON.stringify({ schema: "wp-codebox/wordpress-plugin-state/v1", active_plugins: ["example/example.php"] })
+let responseAvailable = true
+const lazyResponse = new Proxy({ exitCode: 0 }, {
+  get(target, property, receiver) {
+    return property === "text" ? responseAvailable ? pluginStateJson : "\0" : Reflect.get(target, property, receiver)
+  },
+})
+const materializedResponse = materializePlaygroundRunResponse(lazyResponse as never)
+responseAvailable = false
+assert.equal(typeof materializedResponse.text, "string")
+assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(materializedResponse.text), JSON.parse(pluginStateJson))
+
+const pluginStateOutput = await runPluginStateCommand({
+  runPlaygroundCommand: async () => materializedResponse,
+  runtimeSpec: { environment: { kind: "wordpress" } } as never,
+  server: {} as never,
+  spec: { command: "wordpress.plugin-state", args: ["plugin=example"] } as never,
+})
+assert.equal(typeof pluginStateOutput, "string")
+assert.deepEqual(JSON.parse(pluginStateOutput), JSON.parse(pluginStateJson))
+
 console.log("plugin-state command ok")