diff --git a/.github/workflows/Playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/Playwright.yml
index fc627bbf..ce972e94 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Playwright.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Playwright.yml
@@ -29,8 +29,9 @@ jobs:
         run: npx playwright install --with-deps
 
       - name: Set the world parameters as an env var
+        # WORLD_PARAMETERS set here will override anything set in cucumber.json
         run: |
-          echo "WORLD_PARAMETERS={\"appUrl\": \"https://drb-qa.nypl.org\", \"headless\": true}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "WORLD_PARAMETERS={\"headless\": true}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Run Cucumber tests
         run: npm run cucumber -- playwright/features --world-parameters '${{ env.WORLD_PARAMETERS }}'
diff --git a/playwright/support/setup.ts b/playwright/support/setup.ts
index 2258e846..03f6e97d 100644
--- a/playwright/support/setup.ts
+++ b/playwright/support/setup.ts
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export class CustomWorld extends World {
 
 setWorldConstructor(CustomWorld);
 
-setDefaultTimeout(30 * 1000);
+setDefaultTimeout(40 * 1000);
 
 Before(async function (this: CustomWorld) {
   const contextOptions = {