diff --git a/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-pr-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-pr-testing.yml
index 66ea65528..cefaea145 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-pr-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-pr-testing.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "${{ steps.lockversion.outputs.version }}"
+          architecture: "${{ matrix.arch }}"
       - if: steps.lockversion.outputs.version == '18' && matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
         #npm cli 10 is buggy because of some cache issue
         name: Install npm cli 8
diff --git a/test/browser/browser.spec.ts b/test/browser/browser.spec.ts
index 091641e33..7fc9a0ff2 100644
--- a/test/browser/browser.spec.ts
+++ b/test/browser/browser.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ import fs from 'fs';
 import http from 'http';
 import path from 'path';
 import url from 'url';
+import os from 'os';
+import * as child_process from 'child_process';
 import puppeteer from 'puppeteer';
 
 describe('Test browser Parser in the node env', function() {
@@ -10,6 +12,28 @@ describe('Test browser Parser in the node env', function() {
   let page: puppeteer.Page;
 
   beforeAll(async function() {
+    // if MacOS M1/M2, provide your own path to chromium
+    if (os.platform() === 'darwin') {
+    // if (os.platform() === 'darwin' && os.arch() === 'arm64') {
+      try {
+        const browsers = child_process
+          .execSync('ls ~/.cache/puppeteer')
+          .toString()
+          .replace('\n', '');
+        if (!browsers) {
+          throw new Error(
+            'error listing browsers!'
+          );
+        }
+        console.log('BROWSERS:', browsers);
+      } catch (error) {
+        console.error(error);
+        console.log(
+          '\n\nUnable to find browsers\n\n'
+        );
+        throw error;
+      }
+    }
     const __dirname = url.fileURLToPath(new URL('.', import.meta.url));
     const htmlPath = path.resolve(__dirname, 'sample-page.html');
     const parserScript = path.resolve(__dirname, '../../browser/index.js');
@@ -58,4 +82,4 @@ describe('Test browser Parser in the node env', function() {
     const diagnostics = await page.evaluate(element => element && element.textContent, diagnosticsDiv);
     expect(Number(diagnostics)).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(0);
   }, 5000);
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});