diff --git a/example.env b/example.env
index 68cc24fd5..628607d4d 100644
--- a/example.env
+++ b/example.env
@@ -84,3 +84,6 @@ REDIS_URL=
 
 # set to "true" to enable mocked APIs in frontend.
 VITE_MOCK=
+
+# toggle playwright launching in headless
+PLAYWRIGHT_HEADLESS=
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diff --git a/src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/codebloom/playwright/PlaywrightClient.java b/src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/codebloom/playwright/PlaywrightClient.java
index 29431d47a..ef3a0b916 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/codebloom/playwright/PlaywrightClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/patinanetwork/codebloom/playwright/PlaywrightClient.java
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import com.microsoft.playwright.Playwright;
 import com.microsoft.playwright.options.LoadState;
 import com.microsoft.playwright.options.ScreenshotType;
+import jakarta.annotation.PostConstruct;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.function.Function;
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
 import org.patinanetwork.codebloom.common.email.client.github.GithubOAuthEmailClient;
 import org.patinanetwork.codebloom.common.url.ServerUrlUtils;
 import org.patinanetwork.codebloom.scheduled.auth.CodeExtractor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Value;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;
 
 @Component
@@ -33,17 +35,25 @@ public class PlaywrightClient {
     private final ServerUrlUtils serverUrlUtils;
     private final EmailClient emailClient;
 
+    @Value("${playwright.headless}")
+    private boolean headless;
+
     public PlaywrightClient(final ServerUrlUtils serverUrlUtils, GithubOAuthEmailClient githubOAuthEmailClient) {
         this.serverUrlUtils = serverUrlUtils;
         this.emailClient = githubOAuthEmailClient;
     }
 
+    @PostConstruct
+    private void logInfo() {
+        log.info("Headless: " + headless);
+    }
+
     private <T> T withPage(final Function<Page, T> consumer) {
         try (Playwright playwright = Playwright.create();
                 Browser browser = playwright
                         .firefox()
                         .launch(new BrowserType.LaunchOptions()
-                                .setHeadless(true)
+                                .setHeadless(headless)
                                 .setTimeout(40000));
                 BrowserContext context = browser.newContext(
                         new NewContextOptions().setUserAgent(USER_AGENT).setStorageState(null));
diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.yml b/src/main/resources/application.yml
index 3f4abd497..a77fe9535 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.yml
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -118,3 +118,6 @@ app:
 
 jedis:
   url: ${REDIS_URL}
+
+playwright:
+  headless: ${PLAYWRIGHT_HEADLESS:true}
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