diff --git a/run_once_after_setup.sh b/run_once_after_setup.sh
--- a/run_once_after_setup.sh
+++ b/run_once_after_setup.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
   docker-compose \
   tree-sitter-cli \
   neovim \
-  uv
+  uv \
+  brave-bin
 
 log_info "All packages installed and configured successfully!"
diff --git a/dot_config/hypr/bindings.conf b/dot_config/hypr/bindings.conf
--- a/dot_config/hypr/bindings.conf
+++ b/dot_config/hypr/bindings.conf
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Application bindings
 $terminal = uwsm app -- alacritty
-$browser = uwsm app -- chromium
+$browser = uwsm app -- brave
 
 bindd = SUPER, return, Terminal, exec, $terminal
 bindd = SUPER, F, File manager, exec, $terminal -e yazi
diff --git a/dot_config/hypr/windows.conf b/dot_config/hypr/windows.conf
--- a/dot_config/hypr/windows.conf
+++ b/dot_config/hypr/windows.conf
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 # App-specific tweaks
 
 # Browser types (Chromium only)
-windowrule = tag +chromium-based-browser, class:([cC]hrom(e|ium))
+windowrule = tag +chromium-based-browser, class:([bB]rave-browser)
 
 # Force chromium-based browsers into a tile to deal with --app bug
 windowrule = tile, tag:chromium-based-browser