diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4f2a279..d2fde0e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ nodecar/nodecar-bin
 .env
 
 # next
-next-env.d.ts
\ No newline at end of file
+**/next-env.d.ts
diff --git a/next-env.d.ts b/next-env.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b87975d..0000000
--- a/next-env.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-/// <reference types="next" />
-/// <reference types="next/image-types/global" />
-import "./dist/dev/types/routes.d.ts";
-
-// NOTE: This file should not be edited
-// see https://nextjs.org/docs/app/api-reference/config/typescript for more information.
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
index 3327751..9be0b91 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.lock
@@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ version = "1.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "40c48f72fd53cd289104fc64099abca73db4166ad86ea0b4341abe65af83dadc"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ checksum = "291e6a250ff86cd4a820112fb8898808a366d8f9f58ce16d1f538353ad55747d"
 dependencies = [
  "anstyle",
  "once_cell_polyfill",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "libc",
  "option-ext",
  "redox_users",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2082,7 +2082,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "39cab71617ae0d63f51a36d69f866391735b51691dbda63cf6f96d042b63efeb"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3085,7 +3085,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-layer",
  "tower-service",
  "tracing",
- "windows-registry 0.6.1",
+ "windows-registry",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -3100,7 +3100,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "js-sys",
  "log",
  "wasm-bindgen",
- "windows-core 0.62.2",
+ "windows-core 0.61.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4548,7 +4548,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7d8fae84b431384b68627d0f9b3b1245fcf9f46f6c0e3dc902e9dce64edd1967"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.45.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -4923,7 +4923,7 @@ checksum = "b4596b6d070b27117e987119b4dac604f3c58cfb0b191112e24771b2faeac1a6"
 [[package]]
 name = "playwright"
 version = "0.0.23"
-source = "git+https://github.com/sctg-development/playwright-rust?branch=master#77d7a9729bc6c45b899a61eb4fb84adf075315e2"
+source = "git+https://github.com/zhom/playwright-rust?branch=master#95a6c94d87c88376502ce2f33d4c61c09fc008a6"
 dependencies = [
  "base64 0.22.1",
  "chrono",
@@ -5848,7 +5848,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -5875,9 +5875,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "rustls-webpki"
-version = "0.103.11"
+version = "0.103.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "20a6af516fea4b20eccceaf166e8aa666ac996208e8a644ce3ef5aa783bc7cd4"
+checksum = "8279bb85272c9f10811ae6a6c547ff594d6a7f3c6c6b02ee9726d1d0dcfcdd06"
 dependencies = [
  "ring",
  "rustls-pki-types",
@@ -6550,7 +6550,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3a766e1110788c36f4fa1c2b71b387a7815aa65f88ce0229841826633d93723e"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7097,7 +7097,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "thiserror 2.0.18",
  "tracing",
  "url",
- "windows-registry 0.5.3",
+ "windows-registry",
  "windows-result 0.3.4",
 ]
 
@@ -7348,7 +7348,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.4.2",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -7957,7 +7957,7 @@ checksum = "f2f6fb2847f6742cd76af783a2a2c49e9375d0a111c7bef6f71cd9e738c72d6e"
 dependencies = [
  "memoffset",
  "tempfile",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.60.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8551,7 +8551,7 @@ version = "0.1.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
 dependencies = [
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -8731,17 +8731,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-strings 0.4.2",
 ]
 
-[[package]]
-name = "windows-registry"
-version = "0.6.1"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "02752bf7fbdcce7f2a27a742f798510f3e5ad88dbe84871e5168e2120c3d5720"
-dependencies = [
- "windows-link 0.2.1",
- "windows-result 0.4.1",
- "windows-strings 0.5.1",
-]
-
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-result"
 version = "0.3.4"
@@ -9080,7 +9069,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "7d6f32a0ff4a9f6f01231eb2059cc85479330739333e0e58cadf03b6af2cca10"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
- "windows-sys 0.61.2",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
index dfd836d..e3e5bf6 100644
--- a/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
+++ b/src-tauri/Cargo.toml
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ clap = { version = "4", features = ["derive"] }
 async-socks5 = "0.6"
 
 # Camoufox/Playwright integration
-playwright = { git = "https://github.com/sctg-development/playwright-rust", branch = "master" }
+playwright = { git = "https://github.com/zhom/playwright-rust", branch = "master" }
 
 # Wayfern CDP integration
 tokio-tungstenite = { version = "0.29", features = ["native-tls"] }
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/bin/proxy_server.rs b/src-tauri/src/bin/proxy_server.rs
index 2ea3677..bfcb1ea 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/bin/proxy_server.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/bin/proxy_server.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,12 @@ async fn main() {
             .required(true)
             .help("Local SOCKS5 port"),
         )
-        .arg(Arg::new("action").required(true).help("Action (start)")),
+        .arg(Arg::new("action").required(true).help("Action (start)"))
+        .arg(
+          Arg::new("config-path")
+            .long("config-path")
+            .help("Direct path to the VPN worker config JSON file"),
+        ),
     )
     .subcommand(
       Command::new("mcp-bridge")
@@ -391,6 +396,7 @@ async fn main() {
     let port = *vpn_matches
       .get_one::<u16>("port")
       .expect("port is required");
+    let config_path = vpn_matches.get_one::<String>("config-path");
 
     if action == "start" {
       set_high_priority();
@@ -398,8 +404,37 @@ async fn main() {
       log::info!("VPN worker starting, config id: {}", id);
       log::info!("Process PID: {}", std::process::id());
 
-      // Retry config loading to handle file system race condition
-      let config = {
+      let config = if let Some(path) = config_path {
+        // Load config directly from the provided path
+        log::info!("Loading VPN worker config from: {}", path);
+        match std::fs::read_to_string(path) {
+          Ok(content) => match serde_json::from_str::<
+            donutbrowser_lib::vpn_worker_storage::VpnWorkerConfig,
+          >(&content)
+          {
+            Ok(config) => {
+              log::info!(
+                "Found VPN worker config: id={}, vpn_type={}, vpn_id={}",
+                config.id,
+                config.vpn_type,
+                config.vpn_id
+              );
+              config
+            }
+            Err(e) => {
+              log::error!("Failed to parse VPN worker config from {}: {}", path, e);
+              process::exit(1);
+            }
+          },
+          Err(e) => {
+            log::error!("Failed to read VPN worker config from {}: {}", path, e);
+            process::exit(1);
+          }
+        }
+      } else {
+        // Fallback: discover config by ID with retries
+        let storage_dir = donutbrowser_lib::proxy_storage::get_storage_dir();
+        log::info!("Looking for VPN worker config in: {:?}", storage_dir);
         let mut attempts = 0;
         loop {
           if let Some(config) = donutbrowser_lib::vpn_worker_storage::get_vpn_worker_config(id) {
@@ -412,20 +447,21 @@ async fn main() {
             break config;
           }
           attempts += 1;
-          if attempts >= 10 {
+          if attempts >= 50 {
             log::error!(
-              "VPN worker configuration {} not found after {} attempts",
+              "VPN worker configuration {} not found after {} attempts in {:?}",
               id,
-              attempts
+              attempts,
+              storage_dir
             );
             process::exit(1);
           }
           log::info!(
-            "VPN worker config {} not found yet, retrying ({}/10)...",
+            "VPN worker config {} not found yet, retrying ({}/50)...",
             id,
             attempts
           );
-          std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(50));
+          std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_millis(100));
         }
       };
 
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/vpn_worker_runner.rs b/src-tauri/src/vpn_worker_runner.rs
index 4d628fd..c8d662d 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/vpn_worker_runner.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/vpn_worker_runner.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ use crate::proxy_runner::find_sidecar_executable;
 use crate::proxy_storage::is_process_running;
 use crate::vpn_worker_storage::{
   delete_vpn_worker_config, find_vpn_worker_by_vpn_id, generate_vpn_worker_id,
-  get_vpn_worker_config, list_vpn_worker_configs, save_vpn_worker_config, VpnWorkerConfig,
+  get_vpn_worker_config, list_vpn_worker_configs, save_vpn_worker_config, vpn_worker_config_path,
+  VpnWorkerConfig,
 };
 use std::process::Stdio;
 
@@ -175,6 +176,8 @@ pub async fn start_vpn_worker(vpn_id: &str) -> Result<VpnWorkerConfig, Box<dyn s
   );
   save_vpn_worker_config(&config)?;
 
+  let config_json_path = vpn_worker_config_path(&id);
+
   // Spawn detached VPN worker process
   let exe = find_sidecar_executable("donut-proxy")?;
 
@@ -190,6 +193,8 @@ pub async fn start_vpn_worker(vpn_id: &str) -> Result<VpnWorkerConfig, Box<dyn s
     cmd.arg(&id);
     cmd.arg("--port");
     cmd.arg(local_port.to_string());
+    cmd.arg("--config-path");
+    cmd.arg(&config_json_path);
 
     cmd.stdin(Stdio::null());
     cmd.stdout(Stdio::null());
@@ -235,6 +240,8 @@ pub async fn start_vpn_worker(vpn_id: &str) -> Result<VpnWorkerConfig, Box<dyn s
     cmd.arg(&id);
     cmd.arg("--port");
     cmd.arg(local_port.to_string());
+    cmd.arg("--config-path");
+    cmd.arg(&config_json_path);
 
     cmd.stdin(Stdio::null());
     cmd.stdout(Stdio::null());
@@ -249,7 +256,8 @@ pub async fn start_vpn_worker(vpn_id: &str) -> Result<VpnWorkerConfig, Box<dyn s
 
     const DETACHED_PROCESS: u32 = 0x00000008;
     const CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP: u32 = 0x00000200;
-    cmd.creation_flags(DETACHED_PROCESS | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP);
+    const CREATE_NO_WINDOW: u32 = 0x08000000;
+    cmd.creation_flags(DETACHED_PROCESS | CREATE_NEW_PROCESS_GROUP | CREATE_NO_WINDOW);
 
     let child = cmd.spawn()?;
     let pid = child.id();
diff --git a/src-tauri/src/vpn_worker_storage.rs b/src-tauri/src/vpn_worker_storage.rs
index f38383f..48ca687 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/vpn_worker_storage.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/vpn_worker_storage.rs
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ impl VpnWorkerConfig {
   }
 }
 
+pub fn vpn_worker_config_path(id: &str) -> std::path::PathBuf {
+  get_storage_dir().join(format!("vpn_worker_{}.json", id))
+}
+
 pub fn save_vpn_worker_config(config: &VpnWorkerConfig) -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
   let storage_dir = get_storage_dir();
   fs::create_dir_all(&storage_dir)?;