diff --git a/undetected_chromedriver/__init__.py b/undetected_chromedriver/__init__.py
index 569460a..c270219 100644
--- a/undetected_chromedriver/__init__.py
+++ b/undetected_chromedriver/__init__.py
@@ -286,6 +286,11 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
 
         # see if a custom user profile is specified in options
         for arg in options.arguments:
+
+            if any([_ in arg for _ in ("--headless", "headless")]):
+                options.arguments.remove(arg)
+                options.headless = True
+
             if "lang" in arg:
                 m = re.search("(?:--)?lang(?:[ =])?(.*)", arg)
                 try:
@@ -364,13 +369,18 @@ class Chrome(selenium.webdriver.chrome.webdriver.WebDriver):
             options.arguments.extend(["--no-default-browser-check", "--no-first-run"])
         if no_sandbox:
             options.arguments.extend(["--no-sandbox", "--test-type"])
+
         if headless or options.headless:
-            options.headless = True
-            options.add_argument("--window-size=1920,1080")
-            options.add_argument("--start-maximized")
-            options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
-            # fixes "could not connect to chrome" error when running
-            # on linux using privileged user like root (which i don't recommend)
+            if self.patcher.version_main < 108:
+                options.add_argument("--headless=chrome")
+            elif self.patcher.version_main >= 108:
+                options.add_argument("--headless=new")
+
+        options.add_argument("--window-size=1920,1080")
+        options.add_argument("--start-maximized")
+        options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
+        # fixes "could not connect to chrome" error when running
+        # on linux using privileged user like root (which i don't recommend)
 
         options.add_argument(
             "--log-level=%d" % log_level
diff --git a/undetected_chromedriver/patcher.py b/undetected_chromedriver/patcher.py
index af87e5e..1f6b5bd 100644
--- a/undetected_chromedriver/patcher.py
+++ b/undetected_chromedriver/patcher.py
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ class Patcher(object):
 
     def __init__(self, executable_path=None, force=False, version_main: int = 0):
         """
-
         Args:
             executable_path: None = automatic
                              a full file path to the chromedriver executable
@@ -59,15 +58,13 @@ class Patcher(object):
             version_main: 0 = auto
                 specify main chrome version (rounded, ex: 82)
         """
-
         self.force = force
-
+        self._custom_exe_path = False
         prefix = "undetected"
 
         if not os.path.exists(self.data_path):
             os.makedirs(self.data_path, exist_ok=True)
 
-        self.executable_path = executable_path
         if not executable_path:
             self.executable_path = os.path.join(
                 self.data_path, "_".join([prefix, self.exe_name])
@@ -85,8 +82,6 @@ class Patcher(object):
                 os.path.join(".", self.executable_path)
             )
 
-        self._custom_exe_path = False
-
         if executable_path:
             self._custom_exe_path = True
             self.executable_path = executable_path