diff --git a/archivebox/tests/conftest.py b/archivebox/tests/conftest.py
index 9fc61844..fe0dd903 100644
--- a/archivebox/tests/conftest.py
+++ b/archivebox/tests/conftest.py
@@ -449,6 +449,9 @@ def real_archive_with_example(tmp_path_factory, request):
         "USE_COLOR": "False",
         "RESPONSES_TIMEOUT": "30",
     }
+    system_browser = _find_system_browser()
+    if system_browser:
+        add_env["CHROME_BINARY"] = str(system_browser)
     stdout, stderr, returncode = run_archivebox_cmd_cwd(
         ["add", "--depth=0", "--plugins=responses", "https://example.com"],
         cwd=tmp_path,
diff --git a/archivebox/tests/test_cli_install.py b/archivebox/tests/test_cli_install.py
index 3b0057a2..3d64c916 100644
--- a/archivebox/tests/test_cli_install.py
+++ b/archivebox/tests/test_cli_install.py
@@ -160,10 +160,10 @@ def test_install_updates_binary_table(tmp_path, process):
     )
 
     result = subprocess.run(
-        ["archivebox", "install"],
+        ["archivebox", "install", "pip"],
         capture_output=True,
         text=True,
-        timeout=420,
+        timeout=120,
         env=env,
     )
 
@@ -182,8 +182,12 @@ def test_install_updates_binary_table(tmp_path, process):
     sealed_crawls = c.execute(
         "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM crawls_crawl WHERE status='sealed'",
     ).fetchone()[0]
+    installed_python = c.execute(
+        "SELECT COUNT(*) FROM machine_binary WHERE status='installed' AND name='python'",
+    ).fetchone()[0]
     conn.close()
 
     assert sealed_crawls == 0
     assert snapshot_count == 0
     assert binary_counts.get("installed", 0) > 0
+    assert installed_python == 1