diff --git a/webui/react/playwright.config.ts b/webui/react/playwright.config.ts
index 839480af472..84c7f7de11d 100644
--- a/webui/react/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/webui/react/playwright.config.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   forbidOnly: !!process.env.CI,
 
   /* Run tests in files in parallel */
-  fullyParallel: true,
+  fullyParallel: !!process.env.CI,
 
   /* https://playwright.dev/docs/test-timeouts#global-timeout */
   globalTimeout: 3 * 60 * 1000, // 3 min
@@ -28,15 +28,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
       name: 'chromium',
       use: { ...devices['Desktop Chrome'], channel: 'chrome' }
     },
-    
-    {
-      name: 'chromium-no-cors',
-      use: { ...devices['Desktop Chrome'], channel: 'chrome', 
-      bypassCSP: true,
-      launchOptions: {
-        args: ['--disable-web-security']
-      }},
-    },
 
     {
       name: 'firefox',
@@ -60,7 +51,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
 
     /* Test against branded browsers. */
     // {
-    //   name: 'Microsoft Edge',
+    //   name: 'edge',
     //   use: { ...devices['Desktop Edge'], channel: 'msedge' },
     // },
     // {
@@ -77,7 +68,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   ],
 
   /* Retry on CI only */
-  retries: process.env.CI ? 2 : 0,
+  retries: process.env.CI ? 1 : 0,
 
   testDir: './src/e2e',
 
@@ -98,6 +89,5 @@ export default defineConfig({
     reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
   },
 
-  /* Opt out of parallel tests on CI. */
-  workers: process.env.CI ? 4 : undefined,
+  workers: process.env.CI ? 4 : 1,
 });
diff --git a/webui/react/src/e2e/README.md b/webui/react/src/e2e/README.md
index 4c03118ea37..f2cc0a94533 100644
--- a/webui/react/src/e2e/README.md
+++ b/webui/react/src/e2e/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ Deteremined AI uses [Playwright 🎭](https://playwright.dev/).
 - Run `npx playwright install`
 - Run `SERVER_ADDRESS={set server address} npm run build` in `webui/react`
   - It is `SERVER_ADDRESS` here. not `PW_SERVER_ADDRESS`, but the both values should be the same
-- Run `npm run e2e` in `webui/react`
+- Run `npm run e2e` in `webui/react`. Use `-- --project=<browsername>` to run a specific browser.
 
 \*\*Avoid using `make` command because it does not take env variables
 
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ If you don't want to use dev cluster, you can use det deploy to initiate the bac
 
 1. `det deploy local cluster-up --det-version="0.29.0" --no-gpu --master-port=8080`
    - use whatever det-version you want here.
-2. `SERVER_ADDRESS="http://localhost:8080" npm run build --prefix webui/react`
+2. `SERVER_ADDRESS="http://localhost:3001" npm run build --prefix webui/react`
 3. Optional if you want an experiment created for the test: `det experiment create ./examples/tutorials/mnist_pytorch/const.yaml ./examples/tutorials/mnist_pytorch/`
-4. To run the tests: `CI=true PW_SERVER_ADDRESS="http://localhost:8080"  PW_USER_NAME="admin" PW_PASSWORD="" npm run e2e --prefix webui/react -- --project=chromium-no-cors`
-   - `CI=true` currently causes Playwright to start a frontend webserver for the test. If `CI=false` you'll need to do `npm run preview` manually and point the tests at the right port.
+4. `npm run preview --prefix webui/react` to run the preview app. Not necessary if CI=true
+5. To run the tests: `PW_SERVER_ADDRESS="http://localhost:3001"  PW_USER_NAME="admin" PW_PASSWORD="" npm run e2e --prefix webui/react`
 
 ## CI
 
diff --git a/webui/react/vite.config.mts b/webui/react/vite.config.mts
index 3f0c708fa5f..cf1585e8047 100644
--- a/webui/react/vite.config.mts
+++ b/webui/react/vite.config.mts
@@ -131,6 +131,14 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => ({
   ],
   preview: {
     port: 3001,
+    proxy: {
+      '/api': { target: webpackProxyUrl},
+      '/proxy': { target: webpackProxyUrl},
+      '/stream': {
+        target: websocketProxyUrl,
+        ws: true,
+      },
+    },
     strictPort: true,
   },
   resolve: {