diff --git a/.changeset/dragon-of-fabulous-persistence.md b/.changeset/dragon-of-fabulous-persistence.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a988f895
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/dragon-of-fabulous-persistence.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"stagehand": patch
+---
+
+Fix max_steps parsing for agent execute options
diff --git a/stagehand/agent/agent.py b/stagehand/agent/agent.py
index c5bd429e..d455c1d5 100644
--- a/stagehand/agent/agent.py
+++ b/stagehand/agent/agent.py
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ async def execute(
             try:
                 agent_result = await self.client.run_task(
                     instruction=instruction,
-                    max_steps=self.config.max_steps,
+                    max_steps=options.max_steps or self.config.max_steps,
                     options=options,
                 )
             except Exception as e: