diff --git a/workflow-steps/install-browsers/main.js b/workflow-steps/install-browsers/main.js
index 90c01a4..ca9f4cb 100644
--- a/workflow-steps/install-browsers/main.js
+++ b/workflow-steps/install-browsers/main.js
@@ -1,61 +1,104 @@
-const { execSync } = require('child_process');
+//@ts-check
+const { execSync, exec } = require('child_process');
 const { existsSync, readFileSync } = require('fs');
 
-if (existsSync('package.json')) {
-  try {
-    const json = JSON.parse(readFileSync('package.json').toString());
-    const hasPlaywright =
-      (json.dependencies || {}).hasOwnProperty('@playwright/test') ||
-      (json.devDependencies || {}).hasOwnProperty('@playwright/test');
-    if (hasPlaywright) {
-      console.log('Installing browsers required by Playwright');
-      const output = execSync('npx playwright install', {
-        stdio: 'inherit',
-      }).toString();
-
-      if (output.includes('missing dependencies')) {
+main();
+
+async function main() {
+  console.log('working??');
+  if (!existsSync('package.json')) {
+    console.log(
+      'Unable to determine which e2e test runner being used. Missing root level package.json file',
+    );
+    return;
+  }
+
+  const json = JSON.parse(readFileSync('package.json').toString());
+  const hasPlaywright =
+    (json.dependencies || {}).hasOwnProperty('@playwright/test') ||
+    (json.devDependencies || {}).hasOwnProperty('@playwright/test');
+
+  const hasCypress =
+    (json.dependencies || {}).hasOwnProperty('cypress') ||
+    (json.devDependencies || {}).hasOwnProperty('cypress');
+
+  if (hasPlaywright) {
+    console.log('Installing browsers required by Playwright');
+    try {
+      const output = await runCmdAsync('npx playwright install');
+
+      if (output.stderr.includes('apt-get install')) {
         console.log(
           'Playwright detected missing dependencies. Attempting to install...',
         );
-        try {
-          // playwright has detected out of sync dependencies on the host machine, we we'll try to manually install them to prevent hard to debug failures
-          const installDryRun = execSync(
-            'npx playwright install --with-deps --dry-run',
-            { stdio: 'pipe' },
-          ).toString();
-
-          const [installCommand] = installDryRun.match(
-            /apt-get install .+(?=")/gi,
-          );
-          if (installCommand) {
-            console.log(
-              `Installing Playwright dependencies:\n${installCommand}`,
-            );
-            execSync(installCommand, { stdio: 'inherit' });
-          }
-        } catch (installError) {
-          console.error(
-            'There was an issue installing dependencies for Playwright.',
-          );
-          console.error(installError);
-          console.log(
-            'You can create a custom launch template and add a step to manually install the missing Playwright dependencies in order to get around this error.',
-          );
-          console.log(
-            'See docs here: https://nx.dev/ci/reference/launch-templates',
-          );
-        }
+        // playwright has detected out of sync dependencies on the host machine, we we'll try to manually install them to prevent hard to debug failures
+        const [installCommand] =
+          output.stderr.match(/apt-get install .+(?=")/gi) || [];
+
+        installDeps(installCommand);
+      } else {
+        // TODO(caleb): remove this block, left in for debugging rn
+        console.log(
+          `Did not detect missing playwright dependencies during install`,
+        );
+
+        console.debug('output ->', output);
       }
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(e);
+      console.log('There is an issue install playwright dependencies');
     }
+  }
+
+  if (hasCypress) {
+    console.log('Installing browsers required by Cypress');
+    execSync('npx cypress install', { stdio: 'inherit' });
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string} cmd
+ * @returns {Promise<{ stdout: string; stderr: string; code: number | null; }>}
+ */
+async function runCmdAsync(cmd) {
+  return new Promise((res) => {
+    let stdout = '';
+    let stderr = '';
+    const proc = exec(cmd);
 
-    const hasCypress =
-      (json.dependencies || {}).hasOwnProperty('cypress') ||
-      (json.devDependencies || {}).hasOwnProperty('cypress');
-    if (hasCypress) {
-      console.log('Installing browsers required by Cypress');
-      execSync('npx cypress install', { stdio: 'inherit' });
+    proc?.stdout?.on('data', (data) => {
+      const chunk = data.toString();
+      stdout += chunk;
+      console.log(chunk.replaceAll(/\n/gm, ''));
+    });
+
+    proc?.stderr?.on('data', (data) => {
+      const chunk = data.toString();
+      stderr += chunk;
+      console.error(chunk.replaceAll(/\n/gm, ''));
+    });
+
+    proc.on('close', (code) => {
+      res({ stdout, stderr, code });
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+/**
+ * @param {string | undefined} installCommand
+ */
+function installDeps(installCommand) {
+  try {
+    if (installCommand) {
+      console.log(`Installing Playwright dependencies:\n${installCommand}`);
+      execSync(installCommand, { stdio: 'inherit' });
     }
-  } catch (e) {
-    console.error(e);
+  } catch (installError) {
+    console.error('There was an issue installing dependencies for Playwright.');
+    console.error(installError);
+    console.log(
+      'You can create a custom launch template and add a step to manually install the missing Playwright dependencies in order to get around this error.',
+    );
+    console.log('See docs here: https://nx.dev/ci/reference/launch-templates');
   }
 }