diff --git a/deployments/data8/image/apt.txt b/deployments/data8/image/apt.txt
index e9646bf15..37e4c7a7c 100644
--- a/deployments/data8/image/apt.txt
+++ b/deployments/data8/image/apt.txt
@@ -77,3 +77,7 @@ meld
 
 # For jupyter-tree-download. Ref: https://github.com/berkeley-dsep-infra/datahub/issues/3979
 zip
+
+# playwright deps https://jira-secure.berkeley.edu/browse/DH-325
+libnss3
+libnspr4
diff --git a/deployments/data8/image/environment.yml b/deployments/data8/image/environment.yml
index 6d57b52ab..ad3b5a542 100644
--- a/deployments/data8/image/environment.yml
+++ b/deployments/data8/image/environment.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,10 @@ dependencies:
 #- -r infra-requirements.txt
   - jupyter-tree-download==1.0.1
 # Export notebooks as PDFs with Chrome
-  - nbconvert==7.6.0
   - nb2pdf==0.6.2
   - nbpdfexport==0.2.1
+# Enable webpdf export DH-325
+  - nbconvert[webpdf]==7.16.4
 # Conda only has 0.12.0
   - okpy==1.18.1
   - git+https://github.com/shaneknapp/python-popularity-contest.git@add-error-handling
diff --git a/deployments/data8/image/postBuild b/deployments/data8/image/postBuild
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1b6bcc9d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployments/data8/image/postBuild
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# installing chromium browser to enable webpdf conversion using nbconvert
+export PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=${CONDA_DIR}
+playwright install chromium
diff --git a/deployments/data8/image/start b/deployments/data8/image/start
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3a978b7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deployments/data8/image/start
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# See https://jira-secure.berkeley.edu/browse/DH-305
+export PLAYWRIGHT_BROWSERS_PATH=${CONDA_DIR}
+exec "$@"