diff --git a/evals/env.ts b/evals/env.ts
index 45f877bd1..4f49517e1 100644
--- a/evals/env.ts
+++ b/evals/env.ts
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
  *
  * The environment is read from the EVAL_ENV environment variable.
  */
-export const env: "BROWSERBASE" | "LOCAL" =
-  process.env.EVAL_ENV?.toLowerCase() === "browserbase"
-    ? "BROWSERBASE"
-    : "LOCAL";
+// export const env: "BROWSERBASE" | "LOCAL" =
+//   process.env.EVAL_ENV?.toLowerCase() === "browserbase"
+//     ? "BROWSERBASE"
+//     : "LOCAL";
+export const env = "BROWSERBASE" as const;
 
 /**
  * Enable or disable caching based on the EVAL_ENABLE_CACHING environment variable.
diff --git a/evals/index.eval.ts b/evals/index.eval.ts
index c66ad3ffb..7d8dca11d 100644
--- a/evals/index.eval.ts
+++ b/evals/index.eval.ts
@@ -47,11 +47,11 @@ dotenv.config();
  */
 const MAX_CONCURRENCY = process.env.EVAL_MAX_CONCURRENCY
   ? parseInt(process.env.EVAL_MAX_CONCURRENCY, 10)
-  : 3;
+  : 5;
 
 const TRIAL_COUNT = process.env.EVAL_TRIAL_COUNT
   ? parseInt(process.env.EVAL_TRIAL_COUNT, 10)
-  : 3;
+  : 1;
 
 /**
  * generateSummary:
diff --git a/evals/initStagehand.ts b/evals/initStagehand.ts
index f2de7ba4e..0b96ed135 100644
--- a/evals/initStagehand.ts
+++ b/evals/initStagehand.ts
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ export const initStagehand = async ({
     ...(domSettleTimeoutMs && { domSettleTimeoutMs }),
     actTimeoutMs,
     ...configOverrides,
+    useAPI: true,
     logger: logger.log.bind(logger),
   };