diff --git a/scrapers/capture_passive_playwright_async.py b/scrapers/capture_passive_playwright_async.py
index 67a34a3..680fdfa 100644
--- a/scrapers/capture_passive_playwright_async.py
+++ b/scrapers/capture_passive_playwright_async.py
@@ -115,21 +115,31 @@ async def run(args):
                 except Exception:
                     pass
 
+                # determine response content-type early so we can allow images
+                resp_headers = dict(resp.headers)
+                ctype = (resp_headers.get('content-type') or '').lower()
+
                 allow = False
                 if not args.capture_types:
                     allow = True
                 elif rtype in args.capture_types:
                     allow = True
+                # Heuristic: always capture known document endpoints
                 if '/document/content/' in req.url or '/document/summary/' in req.url:
                     allow = True
+                # Always capture images regardless of capture_types
+                if ctype.startswith('image/'):
+                    allow = True
                 if not allow:
+                    try:
+                        with open(output / '_debug_events.log', 'a', encoding='utf-8') as dbg:
+                            dbg.write(f"{now_ts()}\tSKIP\t{rtype}\t{req.url}\t{ctype}\n")
+                    except Exception:
+                        pass
                     return
 
                 url = req.url
                 ts = now_ts()
-                resp_headers = dict(resp.headers)
-                ctype = (resp_headers.get('content-type') or '').lower()
-
                 safe = sanitize(url.replace('https://', '').replace('http://', ''))
                 h = hashlib.sha1((url + ts).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest()[:8]
 
@@ -182,7 +192,7 @@ async def run(args):
                             fname = f"{safe}_{h}_{ts}.{ext}"
                             body_path = str(subdir / fname)
                             save_binary(subdir / fname, data)
-                except Exception as e:
+                except Exception:
                     # final fallback: try binary
                     try:
                         data = await resp.body()
@@ -222,7 +232,6 @@ async def run(args):
 
                 async with capture_count_lock:
                     capture_count += 1
-
             except Exception:
                 # swallow unexpected exceptions from handler so event loop stays healthy
                 try: