diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-attach/test/AttachAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-attach/test/AttachAddon.api.ts
index ef26cfd2..8335cf0f 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-attach/test/AttachAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-attach/test/AttachAddon.api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import WebSocket = require('ws');
-import { openTerminal, pollFor, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, pollFor, launchBrowser } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('AttachAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = getBrowserType();
-    browser = await browserType.launch({
-      headless: process.argv.includes('--headless')
-    });
+    browser = await launchBrowser();
     page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
   });
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/test/FitAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/test/FitAddon.api.ts
index 8859b5a6..987092ad 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-fit/test/FitAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-fit/test/FitAddon.api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { openTerminal, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, launchBrowser } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ const height = 768;
 
 describe('FitAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = getBrowserType();
-    browser = await browserType.launch({
-      headless: process.argv.includes('--headless')
-    });
+    browser = await launchBrowser();
     page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
     await page.goto(APP);
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-search/test/SearchAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-search/test/SearchAddon.api.ts
index 3c94d416..8bdf61cf 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-search/test/SearchAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-search/test/SearchAddon.api.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { readFile } from 'fs';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
-import { openTerminal, writeSync, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, writeSync, launchBrowser } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
@@ -18,10 +18,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('Search Tests', function(): void {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = getBrowserType();
-    browser = await browserType.launch({
-      headless: process.argv.includes('--headless')
-    });
+    browser = await launchBrowser();
     page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
     await page.goto(APP);
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/test/SerializeAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/test/SerializeAddon.api.ts
index 87f77f59..bb66f37b 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/test/SerializeAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-serialize/test/SerializeAddon.api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { openTerminal, writeSync, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, writeSync, launchBrowser } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ async function testSerializeEquals(writeContent: string, expectedSerialized: str
 
 describe('SerializeAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = getBrowserType();
-    browser = await browserType.launch({
-      headless: process.argv.includes('--headless')
-    });
+    browser = await launchBrowser();
     page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
     await page.goto(APP);
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/test/Unicode11Addon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/test/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
index ba536e90..4c695b00 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/test/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-unicode11/test/Unicode11Addon.api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { openTerminal, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, launchBrowser } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('Unicode11Addon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = getBrowserType();
-    browser = await browserType.launch({
-      headless: process.argv.includes('--headless')
-    });
+    browser = await launchBrowser();
     page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
   });
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/test/WebLinksAddon.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/test/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
index 54650f1f..fe44dc31 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/test/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-web-links/test/WebLinksAddon.api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { openTerminal, pollFor, writeSync, getBrowserType } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { openTerminal, pollFor, writeSync, launchBrowser } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('WebLinksAddon', () => {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = getBrowserType();
-    browser = await browserType.launch({
-      headless: process.argv.includes('--headless')
-    });
+    browser = await launchBrowser();
     page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
   });
diff --git a/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/test/WebglRenderer.api.ts b/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/test/WebglRenderer.api.ts
index 793929e9..e6942d1c 100644
--- a/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/test/WebglRenderer.api.ts
+++ b/addons/xterm-addon-webgl/test/WebglRenderer.api.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 import { ITheme } from 'xterm';
-import { getBrowserType, openTerminal, pollFor, writeSync } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
+import { getBrowserType, launchBrowser, openTerminal, pollFor, writeSync } from '../../../out-test/api/TestUtils';
 import { ITerminalOptions } from '../../../src/common/Types';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
@@ -905,10 +905,7 @@ async function getCellPixels(col: number, row: number): Promise<number[]> {
 }
 
 async function setupBrowser(options: ITerminalOptions = { rendererType: 'dom' }): Promise<void> {
-  const browserType = getBrowserType();
-  browser = await browserType.launch({
-    headless: process.argv.includes('--headless')
-  });
+  browser = await launchBrowser();
   page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
   await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
   await page.goto(APP);
diff --git a/bin/test_api.js b/bin/test_api.js
index 9fe4659a..f173b417 100644
--- a/bin/test_api.js
+++ b/bin/test_api.js
@@ -59,6 +59,12 @@ server.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
         `${script}.cmd` : script));
     }
 
+    server.kill();
+
     process.exit(run.status);
   }
 });
+
+server.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
+  console.error(data.toString());
+});
diff --git a/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts b/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
index d7cea109..83067149 100644
--- a/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/CharWidth.api.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import { pollFor, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
+import { pollFor, openTerminal, launchBrowser } from './TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
@@ -15,10 +15,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('CharWidth Integration Tests', function(): void {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = getBrowserType();
-    browser = await browserType.launch({
-      headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1
-    });
+    browser = await launchBrowser();
     page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
     await page.goto(APP);
diff --git a/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts b/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
index a695abdc..54ee6957 100644
--- a/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/InputHandler.api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { pollFor, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
+import { pollFor, openTerminal, getBrowserType, launchBrowser } from './TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 import { IRenderDimensions } from 'browser/renderer/Types';
 
@@ -21,9 +21,7 @@ describe('InputHandler Integration Tests', function(): void {
   before(async function(): Promise<any> {
     const browserType = getBrowserType();
     isChromium = browserType.name() === 'chromium';
-    browser = await browserType.launch({
-      headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1
-    });
+    browser = await launchBrowser();
     page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
     await page.goto(APP);
diff --git a/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts b/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts
index 3df21a90..ebeb680f 100644
--- a/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/MouseTracking.api.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
  * @license MIT
  */
 
-import { pollFor, writeSync, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
+import { pollFor, writeSync, openTerminal, getBrowserType, launchBrowser } from './TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
@@ -211,9 +211,7 @@ describe('Mouse Tracking Tests', async () => {
   const itMouse = isChromium ? it : it.skip;
 
   before(async function(): Promise<void> {
-    browser = await browserType.launch({
-      headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1
-    });
+    browser = await launchBrowser();
     page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
   });
diff --git a/test/api/Parser.api.ts b/test/api/Parser.api.ts
index 0ef57cf1..ada28adf 100644
--- a/test/api/Parser.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/Parser.api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { writeSync, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
+import { writeSync, openTerminal, launchBrowser } from './TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('Parser Integration Tests', function (): void {
   before(async function (): Promise<any> {
-    const browserType = getBrowserType();
-    browser = await browserType.launch({
-      headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1
-    });
+    browser = await launchBrowser();
     page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
     await page.goto(APP);
diff --git a/test/api/Terminal.api.ts b/test/api/Terminal.api.ts
index 1599f3a2..00598e47 100644
--- a/test/api/Terminal.api.ts
+++ b/test/api/Terminal.api.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
  */
 
 import { assert } from 'chai';
-import { pollFor, timeout, writeSync, openTerminal, getBrowserType } from './TestUtils';
+import { pollFor, timeout, writeSync, openTerminal, launchBrowser } from './TestUtils';
 import { Browser, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const APP = 'http://127.0.0.1:3001/test';
@@ -16,10 +16,7 @@ const height = 600;
 
 describe('API Integration Tests', function(): void {
   before(async () => {
-    const browserType = getBrowserType();
-    browser = await browserType.launch({
-      headless: process.argv.indexOf('--headless') !== -1
-    });
+    browser = await launchBrowser();
     page = await (await browser.newContext()).newPage();
     await page.setViewportSize({ width, height });
   });
diff --git a/test/api/TestUtils.ts b/test/api/TestUtils.ts
index 2b1e8828..4fa98d43 100644
--- a/test/api/TestUtils.ts
+++ b/test/api/TestUtils.ts
@@ -67,3 +67,17 @@ export function getBrowserType(): playwright.BrowserType<playwright.WebKitBrowse
 
   return browserType;
 }
+
+export function launchBrowser() {
+  const browserType = getBrowserType();
+  const options: Record<string, unknown> = {
+    headless: process.argv.includes('--headless'),
+  }
+
+  const index = process.argv.indexOf('--executablePath');
+  if(index > 0 && process.argv.length > index + 1 && typeof process.argv[index + 1] === 'string') {
+    options.executablePath = process.argv[index + 1];
+  }
+
+  return browserType.launch(options);
+}