diff --git a/browser_use/browser/session.py b/browser_use/browser/session.py
index 8ebddac20..b6dbb88e2 100644
--- a/browser_use/browser/session.py
+++ b/browser_use/browser/session.py
@@ -721,6 +721,10 @@ class BrowserSession(BaseModel):
 		# Create fresh event bus
 		self.event_bus = EventBus()
 
+	async def close(self) -> None:
+		"""Alias for stop()."""
+		await self.stop()
+
 	@observe_debug(ignore_input=True, ignore_output=True, name='browser_start_event_handler')
 	async def on_BrowserStartEvent(self, event: BrowserStartEvent) -> dict[str, str]:
 		"""Handle browser start request.
diff --git a/browser_use/browser/watchdogs/local_browser_watchdog.py b/browser_use/browser/watchdogs/local_browser_watchdog.py
index 9f2c3d30c..de56f7cb1 100644
--- a/browser_use/browser/watchdogs/local_browser_watchdog.py
+++ b/browser_use/browser/watchdogs/local_browser_watchdog.py
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class LocalBrowserWatchdog(BaseWatchdog):
 					self.logger.debug(f'[LocalBrowserWatchdog] 📦 Using custom local browser executable_path= {browser_path}')
 				else:
 					# self.logger.debug('[LocalBrowserWatchdog] 🔍 Looking for local browser binary path...')
-					# Try fallback paths first (system browsers preferred)
+					# Try fallback paths first (Playwright's Chromium preferred by default)
 					browser_path = self._find_installed_browser_path(channel=profile.channel)
 					if not browser_path:
 						self.logger.error(
@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ class LocalBrowserWatchdog(BaseWatchdog):
 		Falls back to all known browser paths if the channel-specific search fails.
 
 		Prioritizes:
-		1. Channel-specific paths (if channel is set)
-		2. System Chrome stable
-		3. Playwright chromium
+		1. Channel-specific paths (if channel is set to a non-default value)
+		2. Playwright bundled Chromium (when no channel or default channel specified)
+		3. System Chrome stable
 		4. Other system native browsers (Chromium -> Chrome Canary/Dev -> Brave -> Edge)
 		5. Playwright headless-shell fallback
 
@@ -313,14 +313,14 @@ class LocalBrowserWatchdog(BaseWatchdog):
 			BrowserChannel.MSEDGE_CANARY: 'msedge',
 		}
 
-		# If a non-default channel is specified, put matching patterns first, then the rest as fallback
+		# Prioritize the target browser group, then fall back to the rest.
 		if channel and channel != BROWSERUSE_DEFAULT_CHANNEL and channel in _channel_to_group:
 			target_group = _channel_to_group[channel]
-			prioritized = [p for g, p in all_patterns if g == target_group]
-			rest = [p for g, p in all_patterns if g != target_group]
-			patterns = prioritized + rest
 		else:
-			patterns = [p for _, p in all_patterns]
+			target_group = _channel_to_group[BROWSERUSE_DEFAULT_CHANNEL]
+		prioritized = [p for g, p in all_patterns if g == target_group]
+		rest = [p for g, p in all_patterns if g != target_group]
+		patterns = prioritized + rest
 
 		for pattern in patterns:
 			# Expand user home directory
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ class LocalBrowserWatchdog(BaseWatchdog):
 		import platform
 
 		# Build command - only use --with-deps on Linux (it fails on Windows/macOS)
-		cmd = ['uvx', 'playwright', 'install', 'chrome']
+		cmd = ['uvx', 'playwright', 'install', 'chromium']
 		if platform.system() == 'Linux':
 			cmd.append('--with-deps')
 
@@ -380,7 +380,7 @@ class LocalBrowserWatchdog(BaseWatchdog):
 			if browser_path:
 				return browser_path
 			self.logger.error(f'[LocalBrowserWatchdog] ❌ Playwright local browser installation error: \n{stdout}\n{stderr}')
-			raise RuntimeError('No local browser path found after: uvx playwright install chrome')
+			raise RuntimeError('No local browser path found after: uvx playwright install chromium')
 		except TimeoutError:
 			# Kill the subprocess if it times out
 			process.kill()
diff --git a/browser_use/mcp/server.py b/browser_use/mcp/server.py
index bb4e9be7b..d27d1f40c 100644
--- a/browser_use/mcp/server.py
+++ b/browser_use/mcp/server.py
@@ -1227,18 +1227,21 @@ class BrowserUseServer:
 			raise RuntimeError('MCP stdio transport requires stdin, but this process was launched without one.')
 
 		async with mcp.server.stdio.stdio_server() as (read_stream, write_stream):
-			await self.server.run(
-				read_stream,
-				write_stream,
-				InitializationOptions(
-					server_name='browser-use',
-					server_version='0.1.0',
-					capabilities=self.server.get_capabilities(
-						notification_options=NotificationOptions(),
-						experimental_capabilities={},
+			try:
+				await self.server.run(
+					read_stream,
+					write_stream,
+					InitializationOptions(
+						server_name='browser-use',
+						server_version='0.1.0',
+						capabilities=self.server.get_capabilities(
+							notification_options=NotificationOptions(),
+							experimental_capabilities={},
+						),
 					),
-				),
-			)
+				)
+			except BrokenPipeError:
+				logger.warning('MCP client disconnected while writing to stdio; shutting down server cleanly.')
 
 
 async def main(session_timeout_minutes: int = 10):