diff --git a/book/_environment b/book/_environment
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09d785068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/book/_environment
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# disable downloading wasm binaries on render
+SHINYLIVE_WASM_PACKAGES="0"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/book/_quarto.yml b/book/_quarto.yml
index c8e038b1f..4935b6297 100644
--- a/book/_quarto.yml
+++ b/book/_quarto.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ execute:
 
 engine: knitr
 
+knitr:
+  opts_chunk:
+    dev: 'svglite'
 
 filters:
   - insightsengineering/pattern-strip
diff --git a/book/index.qmd b/book/index.qmd
index 882ff98f5..7eebfa317 100644
--- a/book/index.qmd
+++ b/book/index.qmd
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 ---
 title-block-style: none
+format:
+  live-html:
+    code-tools:
+      source: false
 ---
 
 {{< include README.md >}}