diff --git a/src/node/BrowserFetcher.ts b/src/node/BrowserFetcher.ts
index 7a90e4384a4a6..11e85bb666411 100644
--- a/src/node/BrowserFetcher.ts
+++ b/src/node/BrowserFetcher.ts
@@ -111,10 +111,15 @@ function downloadURL(
 function handleArm64(): void {
   fs.stat('/usr/bin/chromium-browser', function (err, stats) {
     if (stats === undefined) {
-      console.error(`The chromium binary is not available for arm64: `);
-      console.error(`If you are on Ubuntu, you can install with: `);
-      console.error(`\n apt-get install chromium-browser\n`);
-      throw new Error();
+      fs.stat('/usr/bin/chromium', function (err, stats) {
+        if (stats === undefined) {
+          console.error(`The chromium binary is not available for arm64.`);
+          console.error(`If you are on Ubuntu, you can install with: `);
+          console.error(`\n sudo apt install chromium\n`);
+          console.error(`\n sudo apt install chromium-browser\n`);
+          throw new Error();
+        }
+      });
     }
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/node/Launcher.ts b/src/node/Launcher.ts
index 247d1342b2b1b..2384deb9b2e3f 100644
--- a/src/node/Launcher.ts
+++ b/src/node/Launcher.ts
@@ -104,12 +104,14 @@ class ChromeLauncher implements ProductLauncher {
     }
 
     let chromeExecutable = executablePath;
-    if (os.arch() === 'arm64') {
-      chromeExecutable = '/usr/bin/chromium-browser';
-    } else if (!executablePath) {
-      const { missingText, executablePath } = resolveExecutablePath(this);
-      if (missingText) throw new Error(missingText);
-      chromeExecutable = executablePath;
+    if (!executablePath) {
+      if (os.arch() === 'arm64') {
+        chromeExecutable = '/usr/bin/chromium-browser';
+      } else {
+        const { missingText, executablePath } = resolveExecutablePath(this);
+        if (missingText) throw new Error(missingText);
+        chromeExecutable = executablePath;
+      }
     }
 
     const usePipe = chromeArguments.includes('--remote-debugging-pipe');