diff --git a/src/api/model/config.ts b/src/api/model/config.ts
index 8265194c22..aae41ea177 100644
--- a/src/api/model/config.ts
+++ b/src/api/model/config.ts
@@ -357,6 +357,12 @@ export interface ConfigObject {
      * @default 60
      */
     qrTimeout?: number,
+    /**
+     * This determines how long the process should wait for a session to load fully before continuing the launch process.
+     * Set this to 0 to wait forever. Default is 5 seconds.
+     * @default 5
+     */
+    waitForRipeSessionTimeout?: number,
     /**
      * Some features, like video upload, do not work without a chrome instance. Set this to the path of your chrome instance or you can use `useChrome:true` to automatically detect a chrome instance for you. Please note, this overrides `useChrome`.
      */
diff --git a/src/controllers/auth.ts b/src/controllers/auth.ts
index bf49bbcb1b..36507c5569 100644
--- a/src/controllers/auth.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/auth.ts
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ const isTosBlocked  = (waPage: Page): Observable<string | boolean> => {
   );
 };
 
-export const waitForRipeSession = async (waPage: Page): Promise<boolean> => {
+export const waitForRipeSession = async (waPage: Page, waitForRipeSessionTimeout ?: number): Promise<boolean> => {
   try {
     await waPage.waitForFunction(`window.isRipeSession()`,
-      { timeout: 0, polling: 'mutation' });
+      { timeout: (waitForRipeSessionTimeout ?? 5) * 1000, polling: 1000 });
     return true;
   } catch (error) {
     return false;
diff --git a/src/controllers/initializer.ts b/src/controllers/initializer.ts
index 2edc59738a..f4fece479c 100755
--- a/src/controllers/initializer.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/initializer.ts
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ export async function create(config: AdvancedConfig | ConfigObject = {}): Promis
       await waPage.evaluate("window.Store = undefined")
       if(config?.waitForRipeSession) {
         spinner.start("Waiting for ripe session...")
-        if(await waitForRipeSession(waPage)) spinner.succeed("Session ready for injection");
+        if(await waitForRipeSession(waPage, config?.waitForRipeSessionTimeout)) spinner.succeed("Session ready for injection");
         else spinner.fail("You may experience issues in headless mode. Continuing...")
       }
     }