diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 49fa763d5d..e6f485fda7 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 		"postinstall": "yarn husky:configure",
 		"husky:configure": "cd .. && husky install frontend/.husky",
 		"playwright": "playwright test --config=./playwright.config.ts",
-		"playwright:local:debug": "PWDEBUG=console yarn playwright"
+		"playwright:local:debug": "PWDEBUG=console yarn playwright --headed --browser=chromium"
 	},
 	"engines": {
 		"node": ">=12.13.0"
diff --git a/frontend/playwright.config.ts b/frontend/playwright.config.ts
index 9747285a66..3fc61908c7 100644
--- a/frontend/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/playwright.config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 import { PlaywrightTestConfig } from '@playwright/test';
+import dotenv from 'dotenv';
+
+dotenv.config();
 
 const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
 	forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,