diff --git a/crawl4ai/async_configs.py b/crawl4ai/async_configs.py
index 46759827..bd33d0b5 100644
--- a/crawl4ai/async_configs.py
+++ b/crawl4ai/async_configs.py
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ class BrowserConfig:
             use_managed_browser=kwargs.get("use_managed_browser", False),
             use_persistent_context=kwargs.get("use_persistent_context", False),
             user_data_dir=kwargs.get("user_data_dir"),
-            chrome_channel=kwargs.get("chrome_channel", "chrome"),
+            chrome_channel=kwargs.get("chrome_channel", "chromium"),
+            channel=kwargs.get("channel", "chromium"),
             proxy=kwargs.get("proxy"),
             proxy_config=kwargs.get("proxy_config"),
             viewport_width=kwargs.get("viewport_width", 1080),