diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bab4dbc3..5dbf97f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/archivebox/archivebox/ubuntu focal main"
 sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys C258F79DCC02E369
 sudo apt update
 sudo apt install archivebox
-sudo snap install chromium
+archivebox setup
 archivebox --version
 # then scroll back up and continue the initalization instructions above
 </code></pre>
diff --git a/archivebox/main.py b/archivebox/main.py
index f90b6ada..48a8f021 100644
--- a/archivebox/main.py
+++ b/archivebox/main.py
@@ -952,7 +952,7 @@ def setup(out_dir: Path=OUTPUT_DIR) -> None:
                 ], capture_output=False, cwd=out_dir)
                 run_shell([PYTHON_BINARY, '-m', 'playwright', 'install', 'chromium'], capture_output=False, cwd=out_dir)
                 proc = run_shell([PYTHON_BINARY, '-c', 'from playwright.sync_api import sync_playwright; print(sync_playwright().start().chromium.executable_path)'], capture_output=True, text=True, cwd=out_dir)
-                NEW_CHROME_BINARY = proc.stdout.strip()
+                NEW_CHROME_BINARY = proc.stdout.decode().strip() if isinstance(bytes, proc.stdout) else proc.stdout.strip()
                 assert NEW_CHROME_BINARY and len(NEW_CHROME_BINARY), 'CHROME_BINARY must contain a path'
                 config(f'CHROME_BINARY={NEW_CHROME_BINARY}', set=True, out_dir=out_dir)
             except BaseException as e:
diff --git a/stdeb.cfg b/stdeb.cfg
index 1cd19c1b..251e76c5 100644
--- a/stdeb.cfg
+++ b/stdeb.cfg
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ Package3: archivebox
 Suite: focal
 Suite3: focal
 Build-Depends: dh-python, python3-pip, python3-setuptools, python3-wheel, python3-stdeb
-Depends3: nodejs, chromium-browser, wget, curl, git, ffmpeg, youtube-dl, python3-croniter, python3-crontab, python3-dateparser, python3-django, python3-django-extensions, python3-django-jsonfield, python3-mypy-extensions, python3-requests, python3-w3lib, ripgrep
+Depends3: nodejs, wget, curl, git, ffmpeg, youtube-dl, python3-croniter, python3-crontab, python3-dateparser, python3-django, python3-django-extensions, python3-django-jsonfield, python3-mypy-extensions, python3-requests, python3-w3lib, ripgrep
 XS-Python-Version: >= 3.7
 Setup-Env-Vars: DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nocheck