From 4c5bc7daecbdde387aa1c87dd7f4c7ef4f57eea2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Zack A <13682923+xander-io@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2025 08:52:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Assign playwright if successful start prior to browser
 initialization

---
 browser_use/browser/browser.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/browser_use/browser/browser.py b/browser_use/browser/browser.py
index 80702e2b2..9d6ecfa20 100644
--- a/browser_use/browser/browser.py
+++ b/browser_use/browser/browser.py
@@ -146,9 +146,9 @@ class Browser:
 	async def _init(self):
 		"""Initialize the browser session"""
 		playwright = await async_playwright().start()
-		browser = await self._setup_browser(playwright)
-
 		self.playwright = playwright
+
+		browser = await self._setup_browser(playwright)
 		self.playwright_browser = browser
 
 		return self.playwright_browser