diff --git a/awesome/default.nix b/awesome/default.nix
index 8b52d9c..03fe298 100644
--- a/awesome/default.nix
+++ b/awesome/default.nix
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 
   awesome = pkgs.writeScriptBin "awesome" ''
     #!${pkgs.bash}/bin/bash
+
+    export BROWSER=/usr/bin/google-chrome
+
     echo "[$(date)] New awesome session starting" > ~/.awesome.log
     exec ${pkgs.awesome}/bin/awesome \
       -c ${cfg}/rc.lua \
diff --git a/default.nix b/default.nix
index bec01b7..1535885 100644
--- a/default.nix
+++ b/default.nix
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
 
       pkgs.xsel
       pkgs.pavucontrol
+      pkgs.xdg-utils
 
       (pkgs.nerdfonts.override { fonts = [ "SourceCodePro" ]; })