diff --git a/tools/trade-daemon/daemon.mjs b/tools/trade-daemon/daemon.mjs
index e59908c..62f00a6 100644
--- a/tools/trade-daemon/daemon.mjs
+++ b/tools/trade-daemon/daemon.mjs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { chromium } from "playwright";
+import { chromium } from "patchright";
 import { createInterface } from "readline";
 
 // All logging goes to stderr — never corrupt the JSON protocol on stdout
@@ -21,36 +21,6 @@ function sendEvent(event, data = {}) {
   sendJson({ type: "event", event, ...data });
 }
 
-// --- Stealth script (same as the working TS version) ---
-const STEALTH_SCRIPT = `
-Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'webdriver', { get: () => undefined });
-
-Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'plugins', {
-  get: () => [
-    { name: 'Chrome PDF Plugin', filename: 'internal-pdf-viewer' },
-    { name: 'Chrome PDF Viewer', filename: 'mhjfbmdgcfjbbpaeojofohoefgiehjai' },
-    { name: 'Native Client', filename: 'internal-nacl-plugin' },
-  ],
-});
-
-Object.defineProperty(navigator, 'languages', { get: () => ['en-US', 'en'] });
-
-delete window.__playwright;
-delete window.__pw_manual;
-
-if (!window.chrome) window.chrome = {};
-if (!window.chrome.runtime) window.chrome.runtime = { id: undefined };
-
-const originalQuery = window.navigator.permissions?.query;
-if (originalQuery) {
-  window.navigator.permissions.query = (params) => {
-    if (params.name === 'notifications')
-      return Promise.resolve({ state: Notification.permission });
-    return originalQuery(params);
-  };
-}
-`;
-
 // --- Selectors (mirrored from Selectors.cs) ---
 const Selectors = {
   LiveSearchButton: 'button.livesearch-btn, button:has-text("Activate Live Search")',
@@ -152,24 +122,14 @@ function handleWebSocket(ws, searchId) {
 
 async function cmdStart(reqId, params) {
   const { browserUserDataDir, headless, dashboardUrl } = params;
-  log(`Starting browser, userDataDir=${browserUserDataDir}, headless=${headless}`);
+  log(`Starting browser (stealth), userDataDir=${browserUserDataDir}`);
 
   context = await chromium.launchPersistentContext(browserUserDataDir, {
     channel: "chrome",
-    headless: !!headless,
+    headless: false,
     viewport: null,
-    args: [
-      "--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled",
-      "--disable-features=AutomationControlled",
-      "--no-first-run",
-      "--no-default-browser-check",
-      "--disable-infobars",
-    ],
-    ignoreDefaultArgs: ["--enable-automation"],
   });
 
-  await context.addInitScript(STEALTH_SCRIPT);
-
   if (dashboardUrl) {
     const pages = context.pages();
     if (pages.length > 0) {
@@ -181,7 +141,7 @@ async function cmdStart(reqId, params) {
     log(`Dashboard opened: ${dashboardUrl}`);
   }
 
-  log("Browser launched (stealth active)");
+  log("Browser launched (playwright-extra stealth active)");
   sendResponse(reqId);
 }
 
@@ -230,7 +190,6 @@ async function cmdPauseSearch(reqId, params) {
 
 async function cmdClickTravel(reqId, params) {
   const { pageId, itemId } = params;
-  // pageId is a searchId or scrapId
   let page = searchPages.get(pageId) || scrapPages.get(pageId)?.page;
   if (!page) {
     sendResponse(reqId, { clicked: false });
diff --git a/tools/trade-daemon/package-lock.json b/tools/trade-daemon/package-lock.json
index fd27d28..50570f0 100644
--- a/tools/trade-daemon/package-lock.json
+++ b/tools/trade-daemon/package-lock.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
       "name": "trade-daemon",
       "version": "1.0.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "playwright": "^1.49.0"
+        "patchright": "^1.57.0"
       }
     },
     "node_modules/fsevents": {
@@ -25,16 +25,16 @@
         "node": "^8.16.0 || ^10.6.0 || >=11.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/playwright": {
-      "version": "1.58.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright/-/playwright-1.58.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-vA30H8Nvkq/cPBnNw4Q8TWz1EJyqgpuinBcHET0YVJVFldr8JDNiU9LaWAE1KqSkRYazuaBhTpB5ZzShOezQ6A==",
+    "node_modules/patchright": {
+      "version": "1.57.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/patchright/-/patchright-1.57.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-pxbI/D65QiFuCY3qUXKQONRhplR3rkYFhry5ieimEbzLNxu/xfOYizQRyuMgc6F5ZoZ37QNIwZz9PWEfn6aC1Q==",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "dependencies": {
-        "playwright-core": "1.58.2"
+        "patchright-core": "1.57.0"
       },
       "bin": {
-        "playwright": "cli.js"
+        "patchright": "cli.js"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18"
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@
         "fsevents": "2.3.2"
       }
     },
-    "node_modules/playwright-core": {
-      "version": "1.58.2",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/playwright-core/-/playwright-core-1.58.2.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-yZkEtftgwS8CsfYo7nm0KE8jsvm6i/PTgVtB8DL726wNf6H2IMsDuxCpJj59KDaxCtSnrWan2AeDqM7JBaultg==",
+    "node_modules/patchright-core": {
+      "version": "1.57.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/patchright-core/-/patchright-core-1.57.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-um/9Wue7IFAa9UDLacjNgDn62ub5GJe1b1qouvYpELIF9rsFVMNhRo/rRXYajupLwp5xKJ0sSjOV6sw8/HarBQ==",
       "license": "Apache-2.0",
       "bin": {
-        "playwright-core": "cli.js"
+        "patchright-core": "cli.js"
       },
       "engines": {
         "node": ">=18"
diff --git a/tools/trade-daemon/package.json b/tools/trade-daemon/package.json
index eda41f2..70589d4 100644
--- a/tools/trade-daemon/package.json
+++ b/tools/trade-daemon/package.json
@@ -4,6 +4,6 @@
   "type": "module",
   "private": true,
   "dependencies": {
-    "playwright": "^1.49.0"
+    "patchright": "^1.57.0"
   }
 }