diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-playwright-tests-anvil-catalog.yml b/.github/workflows/run-playwright-tests-anvil-catalog.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a46060008
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-playwright-tests-anvil-catalog.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Playwright Tests anvil-catalog
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+jobs:
+  test:
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "20.10.0"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+            cd explorer
+            npm ci
+      - name: Install Playwright Browsers
+        run: |
+            cd explorer
+            npx playwright install --with-deps
+      - name: Build AnVIL-catalog database
+        run: |
+            cd ./explorer/files
+            npm ci
+            mkdir ./anvil-catalog/out
+            npm run build-anvil-db
+      - name: Run Playwright tests
+        run: |
+          cd explorer
+          npm run test:anvil-catalog
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: playwright-report
+          path: explorer/playwright-report/
+          retention-days: 30
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diff --git a/explorer/e2e/anvil-catalog/anvilcatalog-sort.spec.ts b/explorer/e2e/anvil-catalog/anvilcatalog-sort.spec.ts
index 1d261d32d..bd2a12ff1 100644
--- a/explorer/e2e/anvil-catalog/anvilcatalog-sort.spec.ts
+++ b/explorer/e2e/anvil-catalog/anvilcatalog-sort.spec.ts
@@ -4,21 +4,18 @@ import { anvilcatalogTabs } from "./anvilcatalog-tabs";
 
 test.describe.configure({ mode: "parallel" });
 
-test.setTimeout(120000);
 test("On the Consortia tab, expect clicking the column header (the sort button) to keep the first element of the column visible", async ({
   page,
 }) => {
   await testSortCatalog(page, anvilcatalogTabs.consortia);
 });
 
-test.setTimeout(120000);
 test("On the Studies tab, expect clicking the column header (the sort button) to keep the first element of the column visible", async ({
   page,
 }) => {
   await testSortCatalog(page, anvilcatalogTabs.studies);
 });
 
-test.setTimeout(120000);
 test("On the Workspaces tab, expect clicking the column header (the sort button) to keep the first element of the column visible", async ({
   page,
 }) => {
diff --git a/explorer/playwright_anvil-catalog.config.ts b/explorer/playwright_anvil-catalog.config.ts
index acbf475cd..19bf82642 100644
--- a/explorer/playwright_anvil-catalog.config.ts
+++ b/explorer/playwright_anvil-catalog.config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { devices } from "@playwright/test";
 
 const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
   expect: {
-    timeout: 20 * 1000,
+    timeout: 15 * 1000,
   },
   outputDir: "playwright-report/",
   projects: [
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ const config: PlaywrightTestConfig = {
     screenshot: "only-on-failure",
   },
   webServer: {
-    command: "npm run dev:anvil-catalog",
+    command:
+      "npm run build-dev:anvil-catalog && mv ./out/ ./out_temp && mkdir ./out && mv ./out_temp ./out/data && npm start",
     reuseExistingServer: !process.env.CI,
-    timeout: 120 * 1000,
+    timeout: 240 * 1000,
     url: "http://localhost:3000/data",
   },
 };