diff --git a/pkg/assume/assume.go b/pkg/assume/assume.go
index b9bf7da4..0cacd12b 100644
--- a/pkg/assume/assume.go
+++ b/pkg/assume/assume.go
@@ -423,7 +423,7 @@ func AssumeCommand(c *cli.Context) error {
 		}
 
 		browserPath := cfg.CustomBrowserPath
-		if browserPath == "" {
+		if browserPath == "" && cfg.AWSConsoleBrowserLaunchTemplate == nil {
 			return errors.New("default browser not configured. run `granted browser set` to configure")
 		}
 
diff --git a/pkg/browser/detect.go b/pkg/browser/detect.go
index a779da51..a94b7cde 100644
--- a/pkg/browser/detect.go
+++ b/pkg/browser/detect.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func UserHasDefaultBrowser(ctx *cli.Context) (bool, error) {
 			return false, err
 		}
 	}
-	return conf.DefaultBrowser != "" && conf.CustomBrowserPath != "", nil
+	return conf.DefaultBrowser != "" && conf.CustomBrowserPath != "" || conf.AWSConsoleBrowserLaunchTemplate != nil, nil
 }
 
 func HandleManualBrowserSelection() (string, error) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func HandleManualBrowserSelection() (string, error) {
 	withStdio := survey.WithStdio(os.Stdin, os.Stderr, os.Stderr)
 	in := survey.Select{
 		Message: "Select one of the browsers from the list",
-		Options: []string{"Chrome", "Brave", "Edge", "Firefox", "Waterfox", "Chromium", "Safari", "Stdout", "FirefoxStdout", "Firefox Developer Edition", "Firefox Nightly", "Arc"},
+		Options: []string{"Chrome", "Brave", "Edge", "Firefox", "Waterfox", "Chromium", "Safari", "Stdout", "FirefoxStdout", "Firefox Developer Edition", "Firefox Nightly", "Arc", "Custom"},
 	}
 	var selection string
 	clio.NewLine()
@@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ func GetBrowserKey(b string) string {
 	if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(b), "arc") {
 		return ArcKey
 	}
+	if strings.Contains(strings.ToLower(b), "custom") {
+		return CustomKey
+	}
 
 	return StdoutKey
 }
@@ -215,8 +218,14 @@ func ConfigureBrowserSelection(browserName string, path string) error {
 	browserTitle := title.String(strings.ToLower(browserKey))
 	// We allow users to configure a custom install path if we cannot detect the installation
 	browserPath := path
+
+	//load config
+	conf, err := config.Load()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	// detect installation
-	if browserKey != FirefoxStdoutKey && browserKey != StdoutKey {
+	if browserKey != FirefoxStdoutKey && browserKey != StdoutKey && browserKey != CustomKey {
 
 		if browserPath != "" {
 			_, err := os.Stat(browserPath)
@@ -254,12 +263,15 @@ func ConfigureBrowserSelection(browserName string, path string) error {
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	// save the detected browser as the default
-	conf, err := config.Load()
-	if err != nil {
-		return err
+
+	//if browser set to default but config does not include browser launch tempalate. add it.
+	if browserKey == CustomKey && conf.AWSConsoleBrowserLaunchTemplate == nil {
+		conf.AWSConsoleBrowserLaunchTemplate = &config.BrowserLaunchTemplate{
+			Command: "",
+		}
 	}
 
+	// save the detected browser as the default
 	conf.DefaultBrowser = browserKey
 	conf.CustomBrowserPath = browserPath
 	err = conf.Save()
@@ -385,7 +397,7 @@ func AskAndGetBrowserPath() (string, error) {
 	// We allow users to configure a custom install path is we cannot detect the installation
 	browserPath := ""
 	// detect installation
-	if browserKey != FirefoxStdoutKey && browserKey != StdoutKey {
+	if browserKey != FirefoxStdoutKey && browserKey != StdoutKey && browserKey != CustomKey {
 
 		customBrowserPath, detected := DetectInstallation(browserKey)
 		if !detected {
diff --git a/pkg/granted/browser.go b/pkg/granted/browser.go
index c301b9bf..8d7791e3 100644
--- a/pkg/granted/browser.go
+++ b/pkg/granted/browser.go
@@ -12,11 +12,13 @@ var DefaultBrowserCommand = cli.Command{
 	Usage:       "View the web browser that Granted uses to open cloud consoles",
 	Subcommands: []*cli.Command{&SetBrowserCommand, &SetSSOBrowserCommand},
 	Action: func(c *cli.Context) error {
+
 		// return the default browser that is set
 		conf, err := config.Load()
 		if err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
+
 		clio.Infof("Granted is using %s. To change this run `granted browser set`", conf.DefaultBrowser)
 
 		return nil
diff --git a/pkg/granted/console.go b/pkg/granted/console.go
index 9fb89953..535788b5 100644
--- a/pkg/granted/console.go
+++ b/pkg/granted/console.go
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ var ConsoleCommand = cli.Command{
 		var l assume.Launcher
 		if cfg.CustomBrowserPath == "" && cfg.DefaultBrowser != "" {
 			l = launcher.Open{}
-		} else if cfg.CustomBrowserPath == "" {
+		} else if cfg.CustomBrowserPath == "" && cfg.AWSConsoleBrowserLaunchTemplate == nil {
 			return errors.New("default browser not configured. run `granted browser set` to configure")
 		} else {
 			switch cfg.DefaultBrowser {