diff --git a/archivers/base_archiver.py b/archivers/base_archiver.py
index 82d705a..96e0fbf 100644
--- a/archivers/base_archiver.py
+++ b/archivers/base_archiver.py
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ class Archiver(ABC):
         return self.storage.get_cdn_url(key)
 
     def get_wacz(self, url):
+        if not self.browsertrix.enabled:
+            logger.debug(f"Browsertrix WACZ generation is not enabled, skipping.")
+            return 
+
         logger.debug(f"getting wacz for {url}")
         key = self._get_key_from_url(url, ".wacz", append_datetime=True)
         collection = re.sub('[^0-9a-zA-Z]+', '', key.replace(".wacz", ""))
@@ -219,7 +223,8 @@ class Archiver(ABC):
             "--text",
             "--collection", collection,
             "--behaviors", "autoscroll,autoplay,autofetch,siteSpecific",
-            "--behaviorTimeout", str(self.browsertrix.timeout_seconds)
+            "--behaviorTimeout", str(self.browsertrix.timeout_seconds),
+            "--timeout", str(self.browsertrix.timeout_seconds)
         ]
 
         if not os.path.isdir(browsertrix_home):
diff --git a/auto_archive.py b/auto_archive.py
index d657061..50719a3 100644
--- a/auto_archive.py
+++ b/auto_archive.py
@@ -31,8 +31,9 @@ def update_sheet(gw, row, url, result: ArchiveResult):
     batch_if_valid('duration', result.duration, str(result.duration))
     batch_if_valid('screenshot', result.screenshot)
     batch_if_valid('hash', result.hash)
-    batch_if_valid('wacz', result.wacz)
-    batch_if_valid('replaywebpage', f'https://replayweb.page/?source={quote(result.wacz)}#view=pages&url={quote(url)}')
+    if result.wacz is not None:
+        batch_if_valid('wacz', result.wacz)
+        batch_if_valid('replaywebpage', f'https://replayweb.page/?source={quote(result.wacz)}#view=pages&url={quote(url)}')
 
     if result.timestamp is not None:
         if type(result.timestamp) == int:
diff --git a/configs/browsertrix_config.py b/configs/browsertrix_config.py
index 1039da3..bc7acd5 100644
--- a/configs/browsertrix_config.py
+++ b/configs/browsertrix_config.py
@@ -2,5 +2,6 @@ from dataclasses import dataclass
 
 @dataclass
 class BrowsertrixConfig:
+    enabled: bool
     profile: str
     timeout_seconds: str
diff --git a/configs/config.py b/configs/config.py
index beff612..6e97dc4 100644
--- a/configs/config.py
+++ b/configs/config.py
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ class Config:
         if len(browsertrix_profile := browsertrix_configs.get("profile", "")):
             browsertrix_profile = os.path.abspath(browsertrix_profile)
         self.browsertrix_config = BrowsertrixConfig(
+            enabled=bool(browsertrix_configs.get("enabled", False)),
             profile=browsertrix_profile,
             timeout_seconds=browsertrix_configs.get("timeout_seconds", "90")
         )
diff --git a/example.config.yaml b/example.config.yaml
index a8138af..e42d10f 100644
--- a/example.config.yaml
+++ b/example.config.yaml
@@ -103,10 +103,12 @@ execution:
     window_width: 1400
     window_height: 2000
 
-  # optional browsertrix profile file (see https://github.com/webrecorder/browsertrix-crawler#creating-and-using-browser-profiles)
+  # optional browsertrix configuration (for profile generation see https://github.com/webrecorder/browsertrix-crawler#creating-and-using-browser-profiles)
+  # browsertrix will capture a WACZ archive of the page which can then be seen as the original on replaywebpage
   browsertrix:
+    enabled: true # defaults to false
     profile: "./browsertrix/crawls/profile.tar.gz"
-    timeout_seconds: 90 # defaults to 90s
+    timeout_seconds: 120 # defaults to 90s
   # puts execution logs into /logs folder, defaults to false
   save_logs: true
   # custom column names, only needed if different from default, can be overwritten with CMD --col-NAME="VALUE"