diff --git a/src/__tests__/screen.js b/src/__tests__/screen.js
index 2fbe0970..7c57de4a 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/screen.js
+++ b/src/__tests__/screen.js
@@ -64,6 +64,15 @@ test('logs Playground URL that are passed as element', () => {
   `)
 })
 
+test('returns Playground URL that are passed as element', () => {
+  const playGroundUrl = screen.logTestingPlaygroundURL(
+    render(`<h1>Sign <em>up</em></h1>`).container,
+  )
+  expect(playGroundUrl).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
+    'https://testing-playground.com/#markup=DwCwjAfAyglg5gOwATAKYFsIFcAOwD0GEB4EQA',
+  )
+})
+
 test('exposes debug method', () => {
   renderIntoDocument(
     `<button>test</button><span>multi-test</span><div>multi-test</div>`,
diff --git a/src/screen.ts b/src/screen.ts
index caae921d..0b3cc8c8 100644
--- a/src/screen.ts
+++ b/src/screen.ts
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ const logTestingPlaygroundURL = (element = getDocument().body) => {
     console.log(`The provided element doesn't have any children.`)
     return
   }
-  console.log(
-    `Open this URL in your browser\n\n${getPlaygroundUrl(element.innerHTML)}`,
-  )
+  const playgroundUrl = getPlaygroundUrl(element.innerHTML)
+  console.log(`Open this URL in your browser\n\n${playgroundUrl}`)
+  return playgroundUrl
 }
 
 const initialValue = {debug, logTestingPlaygroundURL}
diff --git a/types/screen.d.ts b/types/screen.d.ts
index 4013af4a..c2f1b02e 100644
--- a/types/screen.d.ts
+++ b/types/screen.d.ts
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ export type Screen<Q extends Queries = typeof queries> = BoundFunctions<Q> & {
     options?: OptionsReceived,
   ) => void
   /**
-   * Convenience function for `Testing Playground` which logs URL that
+   * Convenience function for `Testing Playground` which logs and returns the URL that
    * can be opened in a browser
    */
-  logTestingPlaygroundURL: (element?: Element | HTMLDocument) => void
+  logTestingPlaygroundURL: (element?: Element | HTMLDocument) => string
 }
 
 export const screen: Screen