diff --git a/tasks/general/acct_mgmt/users.yml b/tasks/general/acct_mgmt/users.yml
index 3b4fd0f..80e7451 100644
--- a/tasks/general/acct_mgmt/users.yml
+++ b/tasks/general/acct_mgmt/users.yml
@@ -128,7 +128,13 @@
     export_path_sbin: export PATH="$PATH:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin"
     #export_terminal: export TERMINAL="alacritty" # colors look weird.
     export_terminal: export TERMINAL="kitty"
-    export_browser: export BROWSER="`which firefox || which firefox-esr || which firefox-flatpak`"
+    export_browser: |
+      function find-firefox {
+        which firefox 2>/dev/null || 
+        which firefox-esr 2>/dev/null || 
+        which firefox-flatpak 2>/dev/null
+      }
+      export BROWSER="`find-firefox`"
     keyboard_settings: |
       if [[ -n "$XDG_SESSION_ID" ]]; then
         setxkbmap -layout us -variant altgr-intl