diff --git a/bun.lock b/bun.lock
index 74a0c24..47fb0a2 100644
--- a/bun.lock
+++ b/bun.lock
@@ -5,15 +5,15 @@
     "": {
       "name": "x-dl",
       "dependencies": {
-        "playwright": "^1.57.0",
+        "playwright": "^1.60.0",
       },
     },
   },
   "packages": {
     "fsevents": ["fsevents@2.3.2", "", { "os": "darwin" }, "sha512-xiqMQR4xAeHTuB9uWm+fFRcIOgKBMiOBP+eXiyT7jsgVCq1bkVygt00oASowB7EdtpOHaaPgKt812P9ab+DDKA=="],
 
-    "playwright": ["playwright@1.57.0", "", { "dependencies": { "playwright-core": "1.57.0" }, "optionalDependencies": { "fsevents": "2.3.2" }, "bin": { "playwright": "cli.js" } }, "sha512-ilYQj1s8sr2ppEJ2YVadYBN0Mb3mdo9J0wQ+UuDhzYqURwSoW4n1Xs5vs7ORwgDGmyEh33tRMeS8KhdkMoLXQw=="],
+    "playwright": ["playwright@1.62.1", "", { "dependencies": { "playwright-core": "1.62.1" }, "optionalDependencies": { "fsevents": "2.3.2" }, "bin": { "playwright": "cli.js" } }, "sha512-0M+L3LAD8/nm554LOla9Ayx0j0tmFZ0FBcoQ7F1VuVHpM/XpiC8RcDzBQB8W5+hA8L22THxELzeF+2WcUzvcLg=="],
 
-    "playwright-core": ["playwright-core@1.57.0", "", { "bin": { "playwright-core": "cli.js" } }, "sha512-agTcKlMw/mjBWOnD6kFZttAAGHgi/Nw0CZ2o6JqWSbMlI219lAFLZZCyqByTsvVAJq5XA5H8cA6PrvBRpBWEuQ=="],
+    "playwright-core": ["playwright-core@1.62.1", "", { "bin": { "playwright-core": "cli.js" } }, "sha512-wPYSwEBJY9GHraISXqyqtx0na0LpO3XEX7jNDhntbex7tzUS7kLnZsOlFruFJB4Hi/rhDMjXGqHewDZ68nYZVw=="],
   }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index eaf9295..775bcef 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
   "author": "",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "playwright": "^1.57.0"
+    "playwright": "^1.60.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {}
 }
diff --git a/src/extractor.ts b/src/extractor.ts
index 3896dfb..7fd7f09 100644
--- a/src/extractor.ts
+++ b/src/extractor.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import {
   isValidTwitterUrl,
   parseTweetUrl,
 } from './utils.ts';
+import { findChromePath, DESKTOP_CHROME_UA } from './private.ts';
 
 type ExtractCandidate = {
   url: string;
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ export class VideoExtractor {
   }
 
   async extract(url: string, authenticatedPage?: Page): Promise<ExtractResult> {
-    console.log(`\ud83c\udfac Extracting video from: ${url}`);
+    console.log(`🎬 Extracting video from: ${url}`);
 
     if (!isValidTwitterUrl(url)) {
       return {
@@ -56,7 +57,7 @@ export class VideoExtractor {
       };
     }
 
-    console.log(`\ud83d\udcdd Tweet: @${tweetInfo.author} (ID: ${tweetInfo.id})`);
+    console.log(`📝 Tweet: @${tweetInfo.author} (ID: ${tweetInfo.id})`);
 
     const { chromium } = await import('playwright');
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ export class VideoExtractor {
         candidates.add(u);
       });
 
-      console.log('\ud83c\udf10 Opening tweet in browser...');
+      console.log('🌐 Opening tweet in browser...');
       await page.goto(url, { waitUntil: 'domcontentloaded', timeout: this.timeout });
 
       // Give X a moment to hydrate
@@ -89,7 +90,7 @@ export class VideoExtractor {
 
       const loginWall = hasLoginWall(pageHtml);
       if (loginWall) {
-        console.log('\u26a0\ufe0f  Login wall detected; trying to extract anyway...');
+        console.log('⚠️  Login wall detected; trying to extract anyway...');
       }
 
       // Try to trigger media loading.
@@ -116,8 +117,8 @@ export class VideoExtractor {
       }
 
       const filename = generateFilename(tweetInfo);
-      console.log(`\u2705 Video extracted: ${videoUrl.url}`);
-      console.log(`\ud83d\udccb Suggested filename: ${filename}`);
+      console.log(`✅ Video extracted: ${videoUrl.url}`);
+      console.log(`📋 Suggested filename: ${filename}`);
 
       return { videoUrl };
     } catch (error) {
@@ -145,10 +146,16 @@ export class VideoExtractor {
       launchOptions.executablePath = this.browserExecutablePath;
     } else if (this.browserChannel) {
       launchOptions.channel = this.browserChannel;
+    } else {
+      const chromePath = findChromePath();
+      if (chromePath) {
+        // X fingerprints bundled Chromium itself; prefer a real Chrome installation.
+        launchOptions.executablePath = chromePath;
+      }
     }
 
     const browser = await chromium.launch(launchOptions);
-    const context = await browser.newContext();
+    const context = await browser.newContext({ userAgent: !this.headed ? DESKTOP_CHROME_UA : undefined });
     const page = await context.newPage();
     return { browser, context, page };
   }
@@ -191,7 +198,7 @@ export class VideoExtractor {
         const htmlPath = path.join(this.debugArtifactsDir, `${prefix}.html`);
         fs.writeFileSync(htmlPath, pageHtml, 'utf-8');
         debugInfo.htmlPath = htmlPath;
-        console.log(`\ud83d\udcc3 HTML saved to: ${htmlPath}`);
+        console.log(`📄 HTML saved to: ${htmlPath}`);
       }
 
       // Save screenshot
@@ -199,7 +206,7 @@ export class VideoExtractor {
         const screenshotPath = path.join(this.debugArtifactsDir, `${prefix}.png`);
         await page.screenshot({ path: screenshotPath, fullPage: true });
         debugInfo.screenshotPath = screenshotPath;
-        console.log(`\ud83d\udcf7 Screenshot saved to: ${screenshotPath}`);
+        console.log(`📷 Screenshot saved to: ${screenshotPath}`);
       } catch {
         // Screenshot failed, continue without it
       }
@@ -207,7 +214,7 @@ export class VideoExtractor {
       return debugInfo;
     } catch (error) {
       console.warn(
-        `\u26a0\ufe0f  Failed to save debug artifacts: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'}`
+        `⚠️  Failed to save debug artifacts: ${error instanceof Error ? error.message : 'Unknown error'}`
       );
       return undefined;
     }
@@ -269,7 +276,7 @@ export class VideoExtractor {
     page: Page;
     networkCandidates: string[];
   }): Promise<VideoUrl | null> {
-    console.log('\ud83d\udd0d Looking for video...');
+    console.log('🔍 Looking for video...');
 
     const perfCandidates = await this.getPerformanceCandidates(page);
     const domCandidates = await this.getDomCandidates(page);
diff --git a/src/private.ts b/src/private.ts
index 3c2105d..061d9ad 100644
--- a/src/private.ts
+++ b/src/private.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ import type { BrowserContext, Page } from 'playwright';
 
 const DEFAULT_PROFILE_DIR = path.join(os.homedir(), '.x-dl-chrome-profile');
 
+// Headless Chrome's default UA includes "HeadlessChrome", which X blocks with a 403.
+export const DESKTOP_CHROME_UA =
+  'Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 14_6) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/132.0.0.0 Safari/537.36';
+
 const CHROME_PATHS_MACOS = [
   '/Applications/Google Chrome.app/Contents/MacOS/Google Chrome',
 ];
@@ -17,9 +21,24 @@ const CHROME_PATHS_LINUX = [
   '/snap/bin/chromium',
 ];
 
+const CHROME_PATHS_WINDOWS = [
+  path.join(os.homedir(), 'AppData/Local/Google/Chrome/Application/chrome.exe'),
+  'C:\\Program Files\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe',
+  'C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Chrome\\Application\\chrome.exe',
+];
+
 export function findChromePath(): string | null {
   const platform = os.platform();
-  const candidates = platform === 'darwin' ? CHROME_PATHS_MACOS : CHROME_PATHS_LINUX;
+  let candidates: string[] = [];
+
+  if (platform === 'darwin') {
+    candidates = CHROME_PATHS_MACOS;
+  } else if (platform === 'linux') {
+    candidates = CHROME_PATHS_LINUX;
+  } else if (platform === 'win32') {
+    candidates = CHROME_PATHS_WINDOWS;
+  }
+
   for (const p of candidates) {
     if (fs.existsSync(p)) return p;
   }
@@ -41,9 +60,12 @@ export async function launchPrivateBrowser(options?: {
 }): Promise<PrivateConnection> {
   const { chromium } = await import('playwright');
 
+  const headless = !(options?.headed);
+
   const context = await chromium.launchPersistentContext(DEFAULT_PROFILE_DIR, {
     channel: 'chrome',
-    headless: !(options?.headed),
+    headless,
+    userAgent: headless ? DESKTOP_CHROME_UA : undefined,
     args: [
       '--disable-blink-features=AutomationControlled',
     ],