diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7c36c0b..3608b52 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ Available options/variables and their default values:
 | VNC_PASSWORD  	|         	| VNC password for Docker. No password used by default!                  	|
 | NOTIFY        	|         	| Notification services to use (Pushover, Slack, Telegram...), see below.	|
 | BROWSER_DIR   	| data/browser	| Directory for browser profile, e.g. for multiple accounts.         	|
+| LOGIN_TIMEOUT 	| 180     	| Timeout for login in seconds.                                          	|
 | EMAIL         	|         	| Default email for any login.                                           	|
 | PASSWORD      	|         	| Default password for any login.                                        	|
 | EG_EMAIL      	|         	| Epic Games email for login. Overrides EMAIL.                           	|
diff --git a/config.js b/config.js
index e7408d4..bdee57e 100644
--- a/config.js
+++ b/config.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export const cfg = {
   width: Number(process.env.WIDTH) || 1280, // width of the opened browser
   height: Number(process.env.HEIGHT) || 1280, // height of the opened browser
   timeout: (Number(process.env.TIMEOUT) || 20) * 1000, // 20s, default for playwright is 30s
+  login_timeout: (Number(process.env.LOGIN_TIMEOUT) || 180) * 1000, // higher 3min timeout for login
   novnc_port: process.env.NOVNC_PORT, // running in docker if set
   notify: process.env.NOTIFY, // apprise notification services
   get dir() { // avoids ReferenceError: Cannot access 'dataDir' before initialization
diff --git a/epic-games.js b/epic-games.js
index dff1344..e4f5293 100644
--- a/epic-games.js
+++ b/epic-games.js
@@ -56,11 +56,11 @@ try {
   while (await page.locator('a[role="button"]:has-text("Sign In")').count() > 0) {
     console.error('Not signed in anymore. Please login in the browser or here in the terminal.');
     if (cfg.novnc_port) console.info(`Open http://localhost:${cfg.novnc_port} to login inside the docker container.`);
-    context.setDefaultTimeout(0); // give user time to log in without timeout
+    if (!cfg.debug) context.setDefaultTimeout(cfg.login_timeout); // give user some extra time to log in
+    console.info(`Login timeout is ${cfg.login_timeout/1000} seconds!`);
     await page.goto(URL_LOGIN, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded' });
-
     if (cfg.eg_email && cfg.eg_password) console.info('Using email and password from environment.');
-    else console.info('Press ESC to skip if you want to login in the browser.');
+    else console.info('Press ESC to skip the prompts if you want to login in the browser (not possible in headless mode).');
     const email = cfg.eg_email || await prompt({message: 'Enter email'});
     const password = email && (cfg.eg_password || await prompt({type: 'password', message: 'Enter password'}));
     if (email && password) {
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ try {
       notify('epic-games: no longer signed in and not enough options set for automatic login.');
     }
     await page.waitForURL(URL_CLAIM);
-    context.setDefaultTimeout(cfg.timeout);
+    if (!cfg.debug) context.setDefaultTimeout(cfg.timeout);
   }
   const user = await page.locator('#user span').first().innerHTML();
   console.log(`Signed in as ${user}`);
diff --git a/gog.js b/gog.js
index 568fe80..fade890 100644
--- a/gog.js
+++ b/gog.js
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ try {
     // it then creates an iframe for the login
     await page.waitForSelector('#GalaxyAccountsFrameContainer iframe'); // TODO needed?
     const iframe = page.frameLocator('#GalaxyAccountsFrameContainer iframe');
-    context.setDefaultTimeout(0); // give user time to log in without timeout
+    if (!cfg.debug) context.setDefaultTimeout(cfg.login_timeout); // give user some extra time to log in
+    console.info(`Login timeout is ${cfg.login_timeout/1000} seconds!`);
     if (cfg.gog_email && cfg.gog_password) console.info('Using email and password from environment.');
-    else console.info('Press ESC to skip if you want to login in the browser (not possible in headless mode).');
+    else console.info('Press ESC to skip the prompts if you want to login in the browser (not possible in headless mode).');
     const email = cfg.gog_email || await prompt({message: 'Enter email'});
     const password = email && (cfg.gog_password || await prompt({type: 'password', message: 'Enter password'}));
     if (email && password) {
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ try {
         process.exit(1);
       }
     }
-    context.setDefaultTimeout(cfg.timeout);
+    if (!cfg.debug) context.setDefaultTimeout(cfg.timeout);
   }
   const user = await page.locator('#menuUsername').first().textContent(); // innerText is uppercase due to styling!
   console.log(`Signed in as '${user}'`);
diff --git a/notify-test.js b/notify-test.js
index af883df..d8f4dab 100644
--- a/notify-test.js
+++ b/notify-test.js
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import { html_game_list, notify } from "./util.js";
-
-const delay = ms => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
+import { delay, html_game_list, notify } from "./util.js";
 
 const URL_CLAIM = 'https://gaming.amazon.com/home'; // dummy URL
 
diff --git a/prime-gaming.js b/prime-gaming.js
index 5a3278c..8988557 100644
--- a/prime-gaming.js
+++ b/prime-gaming.js
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ try {
   while (await page.locator('button:has-text("Sign in")').count() > 0) {
     console.error('Not signed in anymore.');
     await page.click('button:has-text("Sign in")');
-    if (!cfg.debug) context.setDefaultTimeout(0); // give user time to log in without timeout
+    if (!cfg.debug) context.setDefaultTimeout(cfg.login_timeout); // give user some extra time to log in
+    console.info(`Login timeout is ${cfg.login_timeout/1000} seconds!`);
     if (cfg.pg_email && cfg.pg_password) console.info('Using email and password from environment.');
-    else console.info('Press ESC to skip if you want to login in the browser (not possible in default headless mode).');
+    else console.info('Press ESC to skip the prompts if you want to login in the browser (not possible in headless mode).');
     const email = cfg.pg_email || await prompt({message: 'Enter email'});
     const password = email && (cfg.pg_password || await prompt({type: 'password', message: 'Enter password'}));
     if (email && password) {
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ try {
       console.log('Waiting for you to login in the browser.');
       notify('prime-gaming: no longer signed in and not enough options set for automatic login.');
       if (cfg.headless) {
-        console.log('Please run `SHOW=1 node prime-gaming` to login in the opened browser.');
+        console.log('Run `SHOW=1 node prime-gaming` to login in the opened browser.');
         await context.close(); // finishes potential recording
         process.exit(1);
       }
diff --git a/util.js b/util.js
index d64b94b..c7c3bc9 100644
--- a/util.js
+++ b/util.js
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ export const jsonDb = async file => {
 };
 
 
+export const delay = ms => new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, ms));
 // date and time as UTC (no timezone offset) in nicely readable and sortable format, e.g., 2022-10-06 12:05:27.313
 export const datetime = (d = new Date()) => d.toISOString().replace('T', ' ').replace('Z', '');
 // same as datetime() but for local timezone, e.g., UTC + 2h for the above in DE