diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/executors/playwright/playwright.ts b/packages/playwright/src/executors/playwright/playwright.ts
index b7ea1d5e20e97..8d74e8fa84d21 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/executors/playwright/playwright.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/executors/playwright/playwright.ts
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ export async function playwrightExecutor(
     );
   }
   const args = createArgs(options);
-  const p = runPlaywright(args, join(context.root, projectRoot));
+  const p = runPlaywright(args, context.root);
 
   return new Promise<{ success: boolean }>((resolve) => {
     p.on('close', (code) => {
diff --git a/packages/playwright/src/generators/configuration/configuration.ts b/packages/playwright/src/generators/configuration/configuration.ts
index 6f5bd50ee55de..1dd0a11ed4b43 100644
--- a/packages/playwright/src/generators/configuration/configuration.ts
+++ b/packages/playwright/src/generators/configuration/configuration.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,11 @@ Rename or remove the existing e2e target.`);
   projectConfig.targets.e2e = {
     executor: '@nx/playwright:playwright',
     outputs: [`dist/.playwright/${projectConfig.root}`],
-    options: {},
+    options: {
+      config: `${projectConfig.root}/playwright.config.${
+        options.js ? 'js' : 'ts'
+      }`,
+    },
   };
   updateProjectConfiguration(tree, options.project, projectConfig);
 }