diff --git a/.env.test b/.env.test
index 2a561da3..39c2d1d5 100644
--- a/.env.test
+++ b/.env.test
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 APP_ENV=development
 
 # API ENDPOINT
-API_URL=https://drb-api-qa.nypl.org/
+API_URL=http://http://127.0.0.1:5050/
diff --git a/.github/workflows/Playwright.yml b/.github/workflows/Playwright.yml
index 1a89fc81..6dc04382 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/Playwright.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/Playwright.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,26 @@ jobs:
           sleep 5
         shell: bash
 
+      - name: Checkout another repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: NYPL/drb-etl-pipeline
+          path: drb-etl-pipeline
+
+      - name: Start the API
+        working-directory: ./drb-etl-pipeline
+        env:
+          POSTGRES_USER: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_USER }}
+          POSTGRES_PSWD: ${{ secrets.POSTGRES_PSWD }}
+          AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          pip install -r requirements.txt
+          docker compose up redis &
+          sleep 10
+          python main.py -p APIProcess -e frontend-ci &
+          sleep 10
+
       - name: Run your tests
         run: npm run playwright
 
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 731eb54f..2637d1cc 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 - Enable playwright tests GH action
 - Remove unused scss and img files
 - Remove duplicate eslint packages, update eslint config, and resolve linting errors
+- Run Playwright tests against local backend API
 
 ## [0.18.8]