diff --git a/server/api/app/resolver.ts b/server/api/app/resolver.ts
index ee847d2..9d28050 100644
--- a/server/api/app/resolver.ts
+++ b/server/api/app/resolver.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as launch from "launch-editor";
 import { App } from "./app";
 import FileWatcher, { WatcherEvents } from "../../services/file-watcher";
 import { pubsub } from "../../event-emitter";
+import { dirname, basename } from "path";
 
 @Resolver(App)
 export default class AppResolver {
@@ -45,7 +46,20 @@ export default class AppResolver {
     return "";
   }
 
+ @Mutation(returns => String)
+  openSnapInEditor(@Arg("path") path: string) {
+    var dir = dirname(path)
+    var file = basename(path);
+
+    var snap = dir + '/__snapshots__/' + file + '.snap'
+    console.log("opening the snapshot:", snap);
+    this.openInEditor(snap);
+
+    return "";
+  }
+
   @Mutation(returns => String)
+
   openFailure(@Arg("failure") failure: string) {
     // The following regex matches the first line of the form: \w at <some text> (<file path>)
     // it captures <file path> and returns that in the second position of the match array
diff --git a/ui/test-file/index.tsx b/ui/test-file/index.tsx
index df6cc59..eafb9d0 100644
--- a/ui/test-file/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/test-file/index.tsx
@@ -95,14 +95,6 @@ function TestFile({ selectedFilePath, isRunning, projectRoot, onStop }: Props) {
 
   const isUpdating = isRunning && (result ===  null ||(result.numPassingTests === 0 && result.numFailingTests === 0));
 
-  const haveSnapshotFailures = ((result && result.testResults) || []).some(
-    testResult => {
-      return (testResult.failureMessages || []).some(failureMessage =>
-        failureMessage.includes("toMatchSnapshot")
-      );
-    }
-  );
-
   const roots = (fileItemResult.items || []).filter(
     item => item.parent === null
   );
@@ -123,7 +115,6 @@ function TestFile({ selectedFilePath, isRunning, projectRoot, onStop }: Props) {
         isRunning={isRunning}
         isUpdating={isUpdating}
         isLoadingResult={loading}
-        haveSnapshotFailures={haveSnapshotFailures}
         onRun={() => {
           runFile();
         }}
diff --git a/ui/test-file/summary/index.tsx b/ui/test-file/summary/index.tsx
index 3badfa3..fb85828 100644
--- a/ui/test-file/summary/index.tsx
+++ b/ui/test-file/summary/index.tsx
@@ -11,10 +11,12 @@ import {
   CheckCircle,
   Frown,
   ZapOff,
-  Circle
+  Circle,
+  Eye
 } from "react-feather";
 import Button from "../../components/button";
 import OPEN_IN_EDITOR from "./open-in-editor.gql";
+import OPEN_SNAP_IN_EDITOR from "./open-snap-in-editor.gql";
 import { Tooltip } from "react-tippy";
 import { useMutation } from "react-apollo-hooks";
 
@@ -130,7 +132,6 @@ export default function FileSummary({
   onRun,
   onStop,
   onSnapshotUpdate,
-  haveSnapshotFailures
 }: Props) {
   const Icon = isRunning ? StopCircle : Play;
 
@@ -140,6 +141,12 @@ export default function FileSummary({
     }
   });
 
+  const openSnapshotInEditor = useMutation(OPEN_SNAP_IN_EDITOR, {
+    variables: {
+      path
+    }
+  });
+
   return (
     <Container p={4} bg="slightDark">
       {( isUpdating || isLoadingResult) && <ContainerBG />}
@@ -191,9 +198,8 @@ export default function FileSummary({
             }}
           />
         </Tooltip>
-        {haveSnapshotFailures && (
           <Tooltip
-            title="Update all snapshots of the file"
+            title="Update all snapshots for this file"
             position="bottom"
             size="small"
           >
@@ -207,7 +213,15 @@ export default function FileSummary({
               Update Snapshot
             </Button>
           </Tooltip>
-        )}
+        <Tooltip title="Open snapshot in editor" size="small" position="bottom">
+          <Button
+            icon={<Eye size={14} />}
+            minimal
+            onClick={() => {
+              openSnapshotInEditor();
+            }}
+          />
+        </Tooltip>
       </ActionPanel>
     </Container>
   );
diff --git a/ui/test-file/summary/open-snap-in-editor.gql b/ui/test-file/summary/open-snap-in-editor.gql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f35b5e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/test-file/summary/open-snap-in-editor.gql
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+mutation OpenSnapInEditor($path: String!) {
+  openSnapInEditor(path: $path)
+}