diff --git a/usr/bin/archboot-update.sh b/usr/bin/archboot-update.sh
index 62b7a8711..c394c3b14 100755
--- a/usr/bin/archboot-update.sh
+++ b/usr/bin/archboot-update.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ if [[ -n "${_L_XFCE}" || -n "${_L_SWAY}" || -n "${_L_PLASMA}" || -n "${_L_GNOME}
     echo "Setting up VNC and browser..." >"${_LOG}"
     [[ -n "${_L_XFCE}" ]] && _autostart_vnc
     if [[ "${_STANDARD_BROWSER}" == "firefox" ]]; then
-        pacman -Q chromium &>"${_NO_LOG}" && pacman -Rss --noconfirm chromium &">${_LOG}"
+        pacman -Q chromium &>"${_NO_LOG}" && pacman -Rss --noconfirm chromium &>"${_LOG}"
         pacman -Q firefox &>"${_NO_LOG}" || _run_pacman firefox
         # install firefox langpacks
         _LANG="be bg cs da de el fi fr hu it lt lv mk nl nn pl ro ru sk sr tr uk"
@@ -108,13 +108,17 @@ if [[ -n "${_L_XFCE}" || -n "${_L_SWAY}" || -n "${_L_PLASMA}" || -n "${_L_GNOME}
         fi
         _firefox_flags
     else
-        pacman -Q firefox 2>"${_NO_LOG}" && pacman -Rss --noconfirm firefox
+        pacman -Q firefox 2>"${_NO_LOG}" && pacman -Rss --noconfirm firefox &>"${_LOG}"
         pacman -Q chromium 2>"${_NO_LOG}" || _run_pacman chromium
         _chromium_flags
     fi
     echo "Setting ${_STANDARD_BROWSER} as default browser..."
-
-    #plasma
+    # gnome
+    if command -v gsettings &>"${_NO_LOG}"; then
+        [[ "${_STANDARD_BROWSER}" == "firefox" ]] && gsettings set org.gnome.shell favorite-apps "['org.gnome.Settings.desktop', 'org.gnome.Terminal.desktop', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'firefox.desktop', 'org.gnome.DiskUtility.desktop', 'gparted.desktop', 'archboot.desktop']"
+        [[ "${_STANDARD_BROWSER}" == "chromium" ]] && gsettings set org.gnome.shell favorite-apps "['org.gnome.Settings.desktop', 'org.gnome.Terminal.desktop', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'chromium.desktop', 'org.gnome.DiskUtility.desktop', 'gparted.desktop', 'archboot.desktop']"
+    fi
+    # plasma
     sed -i -e "s#<default>applications:.*#<default>applications:systemsettings.desktop,applications:org.kde.konsole.desktop,preferred://filemanager,applications:${_STANDARD_BROWSER}.desktop,applications:gparted.desktop,applications:archboot.desktop</default>#g" /usr/share/plasma/plasmoids/org.kde.plasma.taskmanager/contents/config/main.xml 2>"${_NO_LOG}"
     # xfce
     sed -i -e "s#firefox#${_STANDARD_BROWSER}#g" /etc/xdg/xfce4/helpers.rc 2>"${_NO_LOG}"