diff --git a/repos/kaleido/py/kaleido/scopes/base.py b/repos/kaleido/py/kaleido/scopes/base.py
index 783f515d..043e72d7 100644
--- a/repos/kaleido/py/kaleido/scopes/base.py
+++ b/repos/kaleido/py/kaleido/scopes/base.py
@@ -16,17 +16,47 @@ class BaseScope(object):
     # Subclasses may override to specify a custom JSON encoder for input data
     _json_encoder = None
 
-    # Tuple of class properties that will be passed as
-    # command-line flags to configure chromium
-    _chromium_flags = ("disable_gpu",)
-
     # Tuple of class properties that will be passed as command-line
     # flags to configure scope
     _scope_flags = ()
 
-    def __init__(self, disable_gpu=True):
-        # Collect chromium flag properties
-        self._disable_gpu = disable_gpu
+    _default_chromium_args = (
+        "--disable-gpu",
+        "--allow-file-access-from-files",
+        "--disable-breakpad",
+        "--disable-dev-shm-usage",
+    )
+
+    _scope_chromium_args = ()
+
+    @classmethod
+    def default_chromium_args(cls):
+        """
+        Get tuple containing the default chromium arguments that will be passed to chromium if not overridden.
+
+        chromium arguments can be overridden in the Scope constructor using the chromium_args argument, or they
+        can be overridden by assigning a tuple to the chromium_args property of an already constructed Scope instance
+
+        :return: tuple of str
+        """
+        return cls._default_chromium_args + cls._scope_chromium_args
+
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            disable_gpu=True,
+            chromium_args=True,
+    ):
+        if chromium_args is True:
+            chromium_args = self.default_chromium_args()
+        elif chromium_args is False:
+            chromium_args = ()
+
+        # Handle backward compatibility for disable_gpu flag
+        if disable_gpu is False:
+            # If disable_gpu is set to False, then remove corresponding flag from extra_chromium_args
+            chromium_args = [arg for arg in chromium_args if arg != "--disable-gpu"]
+
+        self._chromium_args = tuple(chromium_args)
 
         # Internal Properties
         self._std_error = io.BytesIO()
@@ -76,12 +106,12 @@ def executable_path(cls):
     def _build_proc_args(self):
         """
         Build list of kaleido command-line arguments based on current values of
-        the properties specified by self._chromium_flags and self._scope_flags
+        the properties specified by self._scope_flags and self.chromium_args
 
         :return: list of flags
         """
         proc_args = [self.executable_path(), self.scope_name]
-        for k in self._chromium_flags + self._scope_flags:
+        for k in self._scope_flags:
             v = getattr(self, k)
             if v is True:
                 flag = '--' + k.replace("_", "-")
@@ -93,6 +123,9 @@ def _build_proc_args(self):
                 flag = '--' + k.replace("_", "-") + "=" + repr(str(v))
             proc_args.append(flag)
 
+        # Append self.chromium_args
+        proc_args.extend(self.chromium_args)
+
         return proc_args
 
     def _collect_standard_error(self):
@@ -107,7 +140,7 @@ def _collect_standard_error(self):
                 self._std_error.write(val)
             else:
                 # Due to concurrency the process may be killed while this loop is still running
-                # in this case break the loop 
+                # in this case break the loop
                 return
 
     def _ensure_kaleido(self):
@@ -216,11 +249,22 @@ def scope_name(self):
     @property
     def disable_gpu(self):
         """ If True, asks chromium to disable GPU hardware acceleration with --disable-gpu flag"""
-        return self._disable_gpu
+        return "--disable-gpu" in self.chromium_args
 
     @disable_gpu.setter
     def disable_gpu(self, val):
-        self._disable_gpu = val
+        new_args = [arg for arg in self.chromium_args if arg != "--disable-gpu"]
+        if val:
+            new_args.append("--disable-gpu")
+        self.chromium_args = tuple(new_args)
+
+    @property
+    def chromium_args(self):
+        return self._chromium_args
+
+    @chromium_args.setter
+    def chromium_args(self, val):
+        self._chromium_args = tuple(val)
         self._shutdown_kaleido()
 
     def _perform_transform(self, data, **kwargs):
diff --git a/repos/kaleido/py/kaleido/scopes/plotly.py b/repos/kaleido/py/kaleido/scopes/plotly.py
index 79d36e94..a25474b6 100644
--- a/repos/kaleido/py/kaleido/scopes/plotly.py
+++ b/repos/kaleido/py/kaleido/scopes/plotly.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ class PlotlyScope(BaseScope):
     _text_formats = ("svg", "json", "eps")
 
     _scope_flags = ("plotlyjs", "mathjax", "topojson", "mapbox_access_token")
+    _scope_chromium_args = ("--no-sandbox",)
 
     def __init__(self, plotlyjs=None, mathjax=None, topojson=None, mapbox_access_token=None, **kwargs):
         # TODO: validate args
diff --git a/repos/kaleido/tests/test_py/test_plotly/test_plotly.py b/repos/kaleido/tests/test_py/test_plotly/test_plotly.py
index 42099d5c..faf7fda2 100644
--- a/repos/kaleido/tests/test_py/test_plotly/test_plotly.py
+++ b/repos/kaleido/tests/test_py/test_plotly/test_plotly.py
@@ -161,3 +161,28 @@ def test_figure_size():
     transform_mock.assert_called_once_with(
         fig.to_dict(), format="svg", scale=2, width=987, height=876
     )
+
+
+def test_gpu_arg():
+    # --disable-gpu is a default
+    assert "--disable-gpu" in PlotlyScope.default_chromium_args()
+
+    # Check that --disable-gpu is in scope instance chromium_args
+    scope = PlotlyScope()
+    assert "--disable-gpu" in scope.chromium_args
+    assert "--disable-gpu" in scope._build_proc_args()
+
+    # Check that --disable-gpu is in scope instance chromium_args
+    scope = PlotlyScope(disable_gpu=False)
+    assert "--disable-gpu" not in scope.chromium_args
+    assert "--disable-gpu" not in scope._build_proc_args()
+    scope.disable_gpu = True
+    assert "--disable-gpu" in scope.chromium_args
+    assert "--disable-gpu" in scope._build_proc_args()
+
+
+def test_custopm_chromium_arg():
+    # Check that --disable-gpu is in scope instance chromium_args
+    chromium_args = PlotlyScope.default_chromium_args() + ("--single-process",)
+    scope = PlotlyScope(chromium_args=chromium_args)
+    assert "--single-process" in scope._build_proc_args()
diff --git a/repos/linux_scripts/launch_script b/repos/linux_scripts/launch_script
index 8f258c11..5c440461 100755
--- a/repos/linux_scripts/launch_script
+++ b/repos/linux_scripts/launch_script
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ export XDG_DATA_HOME=$DIR/xdg
 unset LD_PRELOAD
 
 cd $DIR
-./bin/kaleido --no-sandbox --allow-file-access-from-files --disable-breakpad $@
+./bin/kaleido $@
diff --git a/repos/mac_scripts/build_kaleido b/repos/mac_scripts/build_kaleido
index ba730db8..041f0760 100755
--- a/repos/mac_scripts/build_kaleido
+++ b/repos/mac_scripts/build_kaleido
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ echo "#!/bin/bash
 DIR=\"\$( cd \"\$( dirname \"\${BASH_SOURCE[0]}\" )\" >/dev/null 2>&1 && pwd )\"
 
 cd \$DIR
-./bin/kaleido --no-sandbox --allow-file-access-from-files --disable-breakpad \$@
+./bin/kaleido \$@
 " > ../build/kaleido/kaleido
 chmod +x ../build/kaleido/kaleido
 
diff --git a/repos/win_scripts/kaleido.cmd b/repos/win_scripts/kaleido.cmd
index 9c7f1e64..79a25b0b 100644
--- a/repos/win_scripts/kaleido.cmd
+++ b/repos/win_scripts/kaleido.cmd
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 @echo off
 setlocal
 chdir /d "%~dp0"
-.\bin\kaleido.exe --no-sandbox --allow-file-access-from-files --disable-breakpad %*
\ No newline at end of file
+.\bin\kaleido.exe %*