diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5094b782..ae7024d3 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "lavague"
-version = "1.0.13"
+version = "1.0.14"
 description = "Selenium & Playwright code generation from text instructions"
 readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
@@ -59,7 +59,10 @@ dependencies = [
   "gradio==4.21.0",
   "ipython",
   "langchain==0.1.10",
-  "datasets"
+  "datasets",
+  "fastapi",
+  "uvicorn",
+  "starlette"
 ]
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/lavague/action_engine.py b/src/lavague/action_engine.py
index f5764704..9c565803 100644
--- a/src/lavague/action_engine.py
+++ b/src/lavague/action_engine.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.retriever = retriever
         self.prompt_template = prompt_template
         self.cleaning_function = cleaning_function
+        self.retrieved_context = ""
 
     def get_query_engine(
         self, html: str, streaming: bool = True
@@ -123,6 +124,7 @@ def get_action(self, query: str, html: str, url: str = "") -> str:
         finally:
             source_nodes = self.get_nodes(query, html)
             retrieved_context = "\n".join(source_nodes)
+            self.retrieved_context = retrieved_context
             send_telemetry(self.llm.metadata.model_name, code, "", html, query, url, "action-engine", success, False, err, retrieved_context)
         return code
     
@@ -165,7 +167,8 @@ def get_action_streaming(self, query: str, html: str, url: str = "") -> Generato
         finally:
             source_nodes = self.get_nodes(query, html)
             retrieved_context = "\n".join(source_nodes)
-            send_telemetry(self.llm.metadata.model_name, code, "", html, query, url, "action-engine", success, False, err, retrieved_context)
+            self.retrieved_context = retrieved_context
+            send_telemetry(self.llm.metadata.model_name, code, "", html, query, url, "action-engine", None, False, err, retrieved_context)
 
     def get_action_streaming_vscode(self, query: str, html: str, url: str) -> Generator[str, None, None]:
         from .telemetry import send_telemetry
@@ -185,7 +188,7 @@ def get_action_streaming_vscode(self, query: str, html: str, url: str) -> Genera
         finally:
             source_nodes = self.get_nodes(query, html)
             retrieved_context = "\n".join(source_nodes)
-            send_telemetry(self.llm.metadata.model_name, full_text, "", html, query, url, "lavague-vscode", success, False, err, retrieved_context)
+            send_telemetry(self.llm.metadata.model_name, full_text, "", html, query, url, "lavague-vscode", None, False, err, retrieved_context)
 
 class TestActionEngine(BaseActionEngine):
     """
diff --git a/src/lavague/browser_server.py b/src/lavague/browser_server.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eac9f5ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lavague/browser_server.py
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+# server.py
+from typing import Callable, Optional
+from fastapi import FastAPI
+from pydantic import BaseModel
+from sqlalchemy import func
+import uvicorn
+import base64 
+from lavague.driver import AbstractDriver
+from lavague.format_utils import extract_code_from_funct, extract_imports_from_lines
+
+class Request(BaseModel):
+    code: Optional[str] = None
+
+driver_global: AbstractDriver = None
+get_driver: Callable[[], AbstractDriver]
+
+# fastapi set-up
+app = FastAPI()
+
+@app.get("/screenshot")
+def scr():
+    global driver_global
+    if driver_global is None:
+        driver_global = get_driver()
+    driver_global.getScreenshot("screenshot.png")
+    f = open("screenshot.png", "rb")
+    scr = base64.b64encode(f.read())
+    return scr.decode("ascii")
+
+@app.post("/exec_code")
+def exec_code(req: Request):
+    global driver_global
+    if driver_global is None:
+        driver_global = get_driver()
+    success = False
+    error = ""
+    driver_name, driver = driver_global.getDriver()  # define driver for exec
+    exec(f"{driver_name.strip()} = driver")  # define driver in case its name is different
+    source_code_lines = extract_code_from_funct(get_driver)
+    import_lines = extract_imports_from_lines(source_code_lines)
+    code_to_exec = f"""
+{import_lines} 
+{req.code}
+"""
+    try:
+        exec(code_to_exec)
+        success = True
+    except Exception as e:
+        error = repr(e)
+        success = False
+    return {"success": success, "error": error}
+
+
+@app.get("/get_url")
+def geturl():
+    global driver_global
+    if driver_global is None:
+        driver_global = get_driver()
+    url = driver_global.getUrl()
+    return url
+
+@app.get("/get_html")
+def gethtml():
+    global driver_global
+    if driver_global is None:
+        driver_global = get_driver()
+    html = driver_global.getHtml()
+    return {"html": html}
+
+@app.get("/go_to")
+def goto(url: str):
+    global driver_global
+    if driver_global is None:
+        driver_global = get_driver()
+    if url != driver_global.getUrl():
+        driver_global.goTo(url)
+    return ""
+
+@app.get("/destroy")
+def destroy():
+    global driver_global
+    if driver_global is not None:
+        driver_global.destroy()
+    return ""
+
+@app.get("/")
+def default():
+    return ""
+
+def run_server(driver_func: Callable[[], AbstractDriver] = None, debug: bool = False):
+    global get_driver
+    if driver_func is not None:
+        get_driver = driver_func
+    uvicorn.run(app, host="127.0.0.1", port=16500, log_level="debug", workers=1, limit_concurrency=3)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/lavague/cli/commands.py b/src/lavague/cli/commands.py
index 22e422b6..7e85ee22 100644
--- a/src/lavague/cli/commands.py
+++ b/src/lavague/cli/commands.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
+from multiprocessing import Process
 from typing import Optional
 import click
 import warnings
 import os
 
-from lavague.evaluator import Evaluator, SeleniumActionEvaluator
+from lavague.evaluator import Evaluator
 from ..format_utils import extract_code_from_funct, extract_imports_from_lines
 
 
@@ -11,6 +12,17 @@
 def cli():
     pass
 
+@cli.command()
+@click.pass_context
+def driver_server(ctx):
+    """Start a server containing the driver"""
+    from .config import Config
+    from ..browser_server import run_server
+    from multiprocessing import Process
+
+    config = Config.from_path(ctx.obj["config"])
+    get_driver = config.get_driver
+    run_server(get_driver)
 
 @cli.command()
 @click.pass_context
@@ -18,6 +30,8 @@ def launch(ctx):
     """Start a local gradio demo of lavague"""
     from .config import Config, Instructions
     from ..command_center import GradioDemo
+    from ..browser_server import run_server
+    from multiprocessing import Process
 
     config = Config.from_path(ctx.obj["config"])
     if ctx.obj["instructions"] is not None:
@@ -28,8 +42,11 @@ def launch(ctx):
     # We will just pass the get driver func name to the Gradio demo.
     # We will call this during driver initialization in init_driver() 
     get_driver = config.get_driver
-    command_center = GradioDemo(action_engine, get_driver)
+    command_center = GradioDemo(action_engine, (get_driver))
+    p = Process(target=run_server, args=(get_driver, ()))
+    p.start()
     command_center.run(instructions.url, instructions.instructions)
+    p.join()
 
 
 @cli.command()
diff --git a/src/lavague/cli/main.py b/src/lavague/cli/main.py
index a495d8d3..83d29e7a 100644
--- a/src/lavague/cli/main.py
+++ b/src/lavague/cli/main.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ def _lazy_load(self, cmd_name):
     cls=LazyGroup,
     lazy_subcommands={
         "launch": "lavague.cli.commands.launch",
+        "driver_server": "lavague.cli.commands.driver_server",
         "build": "lavague.cli.commands.build",
         "eval": "lavague.cli.commands.evaluation",
         "test": "lavague.cli.commands.test",
diff --git a/src/lavague/command_center.py b/src/lavague/command_center.py
index a21e07a9..7990f3fd 100644
--- a/src/lavague/command_center.py
+++ b/src/lavague/command_center.py
@@ -2,17 +2,9 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 import gradio as gr
 
-try:
-    from selenium.webdriver.common.by import By  # import used by generated selenium code
-    from selenium.webdriver.common.keys import (
-    Keys,
-)
-except Exception as e:
-    pass
-
 from .telemetry import send_telemetry
 from .action_engine import ActionEngine
-from .driver import AbstractDriver
+from .driver import RemoteDriver
 import base64
 
 class CommandCenter(ABC):
@@ -46,34 +38,29 @@ class GradioDemo(CommandCenter):
     def __init__(self, actionEngine: ActionEngine, get_driver: callable):
         self.actionEngine = actionEngine
         self.get_driver = get_driver
-        self.driver = None
+        self.driver = RemoteDriver("127.0.0.1", 16500)
         self.base_url = ""
         self.success = False
         self.error = ""
 
     def init_driver(self):
         def init_driver_impl(url):
-            driver = self.get_driver()
-            driver.goTo(url)
-            driver.getScreenshot("screenshot.png")
-            # This function is supposed to fetch and return the image from the URL.
-            # Placeholder function: replace with actual image fetching logic.
-            driver.destroy()
+            self.driver.goTo(url)
+            self.driver.getScreenshot("screenshot.png")
             return "screenshot.png"
 
         return init_driver_impl
 
     def process_instructions(self):
         def process_instructions_impl(query, url_input):
-            driver = self.get_driver()
-            driver.goTo(url_input)
-            state = driver.getHtml()
+            self.driver.goTo(url_input)
+            state = self.driver.getHtml()
             response = ""
+            print("Generating code...")
             for text in self.actionEngine.get_action_streaming(query, state, url_input):
                 # do something with text as they arrive.
                 response += text
                 yield response
-            driver.destroy()
 
         return process_instructions_impl
 
@@ -85,8 +72,11 @@ def telemetry(query, code, html, url_input):
                 screenshot = base64.b64encode(scr.read())
             except:
                 pass
-            source_nodes = self.actionEngine.get_nodes(query, html)
-            retrieved_context = "\n".join(source_nodes)
+            try:
+                source_nodes = self.actionEngine.get_nodes(query, html)
+                retrieved_context = "\n".join(source_nodes)
+            except:
+                retrieved_context = self.actionEngine.retrieved_context
             send_telemetry(
                 self.actionEngine.llm.metadata.model_name,
                 code,
@@ -105,27 +95,31 @@ def telemetry(query, code, html, url_input):
 
     def __exec_code(self):
         def exec_code(url_input, code, full_code):
-            driver_o = self.get_driver()
-            self.error = ""
+            html = self.driver.getHtml()
             code = self.actionEngine.cleaning_function(code)
-            driver_o.goTo(url_input)
-            html = driver_o.getHtml()
-            driver_name, driver = driver_o.getDriver()  # define driver for exec
-            exec(f"{driver_name.strip()} = driver")  # define driver in case its name is different
             try:
-                exec(code)
-                output = "Successful code execution"
-                status = """<p style="color: green; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Success!</p>"""
-                self.success = True
-                full_code += code
-                url_input = driver_o.getUrl()
-                driver_o.getScreenshot("screenshot.png")
+                res = self.driver.execCode(code)
+                if res["success"] == True:
+                    html = self.driver.getHtml()
+                    url_input = self.driver.getUrl()
+                    self.driver.getScreenshot("screenshot.png")
+                    output = "Successful code execution"
+                    status = """<p style="color: green; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Success!</p>"""
+                    self.success = True
+                    full_code += code
+                    self.error = ""
+                else:
+                    err = res["error"]
+                    output = f"Error in code execution: {err}"
+                    status = """<p style="color: red; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Failure! Open the Debug tab for more information</p>"""
+                    self.success = False
+                    self.error = err
             except Exception as e:
-                output = f"Error in code execution: {str(e)}"
+                err = repr(e)
+                output = f"Error in code execution: {err}"
                 status = """<p style="color: red; font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">Failure! Open the Debug tab for more information</p>"""
                 self.success = False
-                self.error = repr(e)
-            driver_o.destroy()
+                self.error = err
             return output, code, html, status, full_code, "screenshot.png", url_input
 
         return exec_code
@@ -211,4 +205,4 @@ def run(self, base_url: str, instructions: List[str], server_port: int = 7860):
                 self.__telemetry(),
                 inputs=[text_area, code_display, full_html, url_input],
             )
-        demo.launch(server_port=server_port, share=True, debug=True)
+        demo.launch(server_port=server_port, share=True, debug=True, max_threads=1)
diff --git a/src/lavague/defaults.py b/src/lavague/defaults.py
index da17f9b0..ea96881c 100644
--- a/src/lavague/defaults.py
+++ b/src/lavague/defaults.py
@@ -156,4 +156,5 @@ def default_get_playwright_driver() -> PlaywrightDriver:
         p = sync_playwright().start()
         browser = p.chromium.launch()
         page = browser.new_page()
-        return PlaywrightDriver(page, p)
+        page.set_default_timeout(5000)
+        return PlaywrightDriver(page)
diff --git a/src/lavague/driver.py b/src/lavague/driver.py
index 6f92d01f..b65d5638 100644
--- a/src/lavague/driver.py
+++ b/src/lavague/driver.py
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from typing import Any, Tuple
 from .format_utils import clean_html
+import requests
 
 try:
     from selenium.webdriver.remote.webdriver import WebDriver
@@ -64,6 +65,55 @@ def destroy(self) -> None:
         pass
 
 
+class RemoteDriver(AbstractDriver):
+    def __init__(self, addr: str, port: int = 16500):
+        self.addr = addr
+        self.port = port
+
+    def getDriver(self) -> Tuple[str, Any]:
+        return "driver", None
+
+    def getUrl(self) -> str:
+        url = requests.get(f"http://{self.addr}:{self.port}/get_url")
+        url.raise_for_status()
+        url = url.text.strip('\"')
+        return url
+
+    def goToUrlCode(self, url: str) -> str:
+        return f''
+
+    def goTo(self, url: str) -> None:
+        res = requests.get(f"http://{self.addr}:{self.port}/go_to",  params={"url": url})
+        res.raise_for_status()
+
+    def getHtml(self, clean: bool = False) -> str:
+        html = requests.get(f"http://{self.addr}:{self.port}/get_html").json()
+        html = html["html"]
+        return clean_html(html) if clean else html
+
+    def getScreenshot(self, filename: str) -> None:
+        import base64
+        res_txt = requests.get(f"http://{self.addr}:{self.port}/screenshot")
+        res_txt.raise_for_status()
+        res_txt = res_txt.text
+        res = base64.b64decode(res_txt)
+        f = open(filename, "wb")
+        f.write(res)
+        f.close()
+
+    def execCode(self, code: str) -> Any:
+        res = requests.post(f"http://{self.addr}:{self.port}/exec_code", json={"code": code})
+        res.raise_for_status()
+        res = res.json()
+        return res
+
+    def getDummyCode(self) -> str:
+        return ''
+
+    def destroy(self) -> None:
+        res = requests.get(f"http://{self.addr}:{self.port}/destroy")
+        res.raise_for_status()
+
 if SELENIUM_IMPORT:
 
     class SeleniumDriver(AbstractDriver):
@@ -99,9 +149,8 @@ def destroy(self) -> None:
 if PLAYWRIGHT_IMPORT:
 
     class PlaywrightDriver(AbstractDriver):
-        def __init__(self, sync_playwright_page: Page, context: Playwright):
+        def __init__(self, sync_playwright_page: Page):
             self.driver = sync_playwright_page
-            self.context = context
 
         def getDriver(self) -> Tuple[str, Page]:
             return "page", self.driver
@@ -126,4 +175,3 @@ def getDummyCode(self) -> str:
 
         def destroy(self) -> None:
             self.driver.close()
-            self.context.stop()
diff --git a/src/lavague/format_utils.py b/src/lavague/format_utils.py
index b41c6bde..c5a545a3 100644
--- a/src/lavague/format_utils.py
+++ b/src/lavague/format_utils.py
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ def extract_code_from_funct(funct: Callable) -> List[str]:
         line[nident:] for line in source_code_lines[:-1]
     ]  # every line except the return
 
-
 def extract_imports_from_lines(lines: List[str]) -> str:
     """Only keep import lines from python code lines and join them"""
     return "\n".join(