diff --git a/client/ayon_blender/api/pipeline.py b/client/ayon_blender/api/pipeline.py
index 71d5f13..5f81ec4 100644
--- a/client/ayon_blender/api/pipeline.py
+++ b/client/ayon_blender/api/pipeline.py
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 from ayon_core.lib import (
     Logger,
     register_event_callback,
-    emit_event
+    emit_event,
+    filter_profiles
 )
 from ayon_core.settings import get_project_settings
 from ayon_blender import BLENDER_ADDON_ROOT
@@ -273,6 +274,24 @@ def set_frame_range(entity: dict):
     if attrib.get("fps"):
         fps = attrib.get("fps")
 
+    # Should handles be included, defined by settings
+    settings = get_project_settings(get_current_project_name())
+    task_type = entity.get("taskType")
+    include_handles_settings = settings["blender"]["include_handles"]
+    include_handles = include_handles_settings["include_handles_default"]
+    profile = filter_profiles(
+        include_handles_settings["profiles"],
+        key_values={
+            "task_types": task_type,
+            "task_names": entity["name"]
+        }
+    )
+    if profile:
+        include_handles = profile["include_handles"]
+    if include_handles:
+        frame_start -= int(attrib.get("handleStart", 0))
+        frame_end += int(attrib.get("handleEnd", 0))
+
     scene.frame_start = frame_start
     scene.frame_end = frame_end
     scene.render.fps = round(fps)
diff --git a/server/settings/main.py b/server/settings/main.py
index 3cca22a..02b9a2a 100644
--- a/server/settings/main.py
+++ b/server/settings/main.py
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
     BaseSettingsModel,
     SettingsField,
     TemplateWorkfileBaseOptions,
+    task_types_enum,
 )
-
 from .imageio import BlenderImageIOModel
 from .publish_plugins import (
     PublishPluginsModel,
@@ -24,6 +24,31 @@ class UnitScaleSettingsModel(BaseSettingsModel):
     )
 
 
+class IncludeHandlesProfilesModel(BaseSettingsModel):
+    task_types: list[str] = SettingsField(
+        default_factory=list,
+        title="Task Types",
+        description="Filter by task types",
+        enum_resolver=task_types_enum,
+    )
+    task_names: list[str] = SettingsField(
+        default_factory=list,
+        title="Task Names",
+        description="Filter by task names.",
+    )
+    include_handles: bool = SettingsField(True, title="Include handles")
+
+
+class IncludeHandlesModel(BaseSettingsModel):
+    include_handles_default: bool = SettingsField(
+        False, title="Include handles by default"
+    )
+    profiles: list[IncludeHandlesProfilesModel] = SettingsField(
+        default_factory=list,
+        title="Include/exclude handles by profiles"
+    )
+
+
 class BlenderSettings(BaseSettingsModel):
     unit_scale_settings: UnitScaleSettingsModel = SettingsField(
         default_factory=UnitScaleSettingsModel,
@@ -37,6 +62,10 @@ class BlenderSettings(BaseSettingsModel):
         True,
         title="Set Start/End Frames and FPS on Startup"
     )
+    include_handles: IncludeHandlesModel = SettingsField(
+        default_factory=IncludeHandlesModel,
+        title="Include/Exclude Handles in default playback & render range"
+    )
     imageio: BlenderImageIOModel = SettingsField(
         default_factory=BlenderImageIOModel,
         title="Color Management (ImageIO)"
@@ -61,6 +90,10 @@ class BlenderSettings(BaseSettingsModel):
     },
     "set_frames_startup": True,
     "set_resolution_startup": True,
+    "include_handles": {
+        "include_handles_default": False,
+        "profiles": []
+    },
     "RenderSettings": DEFAULT_RENDER_SETTINGS,
     "publish": DEFAULT_BLENDER_PUBLISH_SETTINGS,
     "workfile_builder": {