diff --git a/playwright.config.ts b/playwright.config.ts
index c60fa9d..923a5e1 100644
--- a/playwright.config.ts
+++ b/playwright.config.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default defineConfig({
   /* Shared settings for all the projects below. See https://playwright.dev/docs/api/class-testoptions. */
   use: {
     /* Base URL to use in actions like `await page.goto('/')`. */
-    // baseURL: 'http://localhost:3000',
+    baseURL: process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_BASE_URL ?? 'http://localhost:3001',
 
     /* Collect trace when retrying the failed test. See https://playwright.dev/docs/trace-viewer */
     trace: 'on-first-retry',
@@ -36,6 +36,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
   webServer: {
     command: 'pnpm dev',
     reuseExistingServer: true,
-    url: 'http://localhost:3000',
+    url: process.env.PLAYWRIGHT_BASE_URL ?? 'http://localhost:3001',
   },
 })
diff --git a/src/payload.config.ts b/src/payload.config.ts
index 1efdf2e..c977454 100644
--- a/src/payload.config.ts
+++ b/src/payload.config.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ const filename = fileURLToPath(import.meta.url)
 const dirname = path.dirname(filename)
 const realpath = (value: string) => (fs.existsSync(value) ? fs.realpathSync(value) : undefined)
 
-const isCLI = process.argv.some((value) => realpath(value).endsWith(path.join('payload', 'bin.js')))
+const isCLI = process.argv.some((value) => realpath(value)?.endsWith(path.join('payload', 'bin.js')))
 const isProduction = process.env.NODE_ENV === 'production'
 
 const createLog =
diff --git a/tests/e2e/smoke.spec.ts b/tests/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b9e1cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+// tests/e2e/smoke.spec.ts
+import { test, expect } from '@playwright/test'
+
+test('home renders', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/')
+  await expect(page.locator('h2:has-text("Latest in Tech")')).toBeVisible()
+})
+
+test('blog post renders with TOC anchor', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/blog/a-guide-to-laravel-authorization-patterns/')
+  await expect(page.locator('h1:has-text("Authorization Patterns")')).toBeVisible()
+  const firstAnchor = page.locator('h2[id]').first()
+  await expect(firstAnchor).toBeVisible()
+})
+
+test('rss returns xml', async ({ request }) => {
+  const r = await request.get('/rss.xml')
+  expect(r.status()).toBe(200)
+  expect(r.headers()['content-type']).toContain('application/rss+xml')
+  expect(await r.text()).toContain('<rss version="2.0"')
+})
+
+test('sitemap contains posts and tags', async ({ request }) => {
+  const xml = await (await request.get('/sitemap.xml')).text()
+  expect(xml).toContain('/blog/')
+  expect(xml).toContain('/tags/')
+})
+
+test('og image returns png', async ({ request }) => {
+  const r = await request.get('/og/blog/a-guide-to-laravel-authorization-patterns/')
+  expect(r.status()).toBe(200)
+  expect(r.headers()['content-type']).toBe('image/png')
+})
+
+test('about page renders via catch-all', async ({ page }) => {
+  await page.goto('/about/')
+  await expect(page.locator('h1')).toBeVisible()
+})