diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index f497250..fffb45f 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 aiohttp>2.0,<4.0
 Pillow
 pystray
-selenium-wire
-# use a fork that has an extra option of hiding the unneeded Chrome's console cmd window
-git+https://github.com/sebdelsol/undetected-chromedriver
+# selenium-wire
+# undetected-chromedriver
 # this is installed only on windows
 pywin32; sys_platform == "win32"
diff --git a/setup_env.bat b/setup_env.bat
index 6b9c1b2..812232f 100644
--- a/setup_env.bat
+++ b/setup_env.bat
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ if not exist "%dirpath%\env" (
 )
 echo:
 echo Installing requirements.txt...
+"%dirpath%\env\scripts\python" install -U pip
 "%dirpath%\env\scripts\pip" install wheel
 "%dirpath%\env\scripts\pip" install -r "%dirpath%\requirements.txt"
 goto DONE
diff --git a/twitch.py b/twitch.py
index 86fd34a..0594dad 100644
--- a/twitch.py
+++ b/twitch.py
@@ -23,11 +23,17 @@ try:
     from seleniumwire.request import Request
     from selenium.common.exceptions import WebDriverException
     from seleniumwire.undetected_chromedriver import Chrome, ChromeOptions
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    # the dependencies weren't installed, but they're not used either, so skip them
+    pass
 except ImportError as exc:
-    raise ImportError(
-        "You need to install Visual C++ Redist (x86 and x64): "
-        "https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads"
-    ) from exc
+    if "_brotli" in exc.msg:
+        raise ImportError(
+            "You need to install Visual C++ Redist (x86 and x64): "
+            "https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/2977003/"
+            "the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads"
+        ) from exc
+    raise
 
 from translate import _
 from gui import GUIManager
@@ -162,8 +168,6 @@ class _AuthState:
                     options.add_argument("--disable-web-security")
                     options.add_argument("--allow-running-insecure-content")
                     options.add_argument("--lang=en")
-                    options.add_argument("--no-sandbox")
-                    options.add_argument("--test-type")
                     options.add_argument("--disable-gpu")
                     options.set_capability("pageLoadStrategy", "eager")
                     try:
@@ -174,6 +178,7 @@ class _AuthState:
                             None,
                             lambda: Chrome(
                                 options=options,
+                                no_sandbox=True,
                                 suppress_welcome=True,
                                 version_main=version_main,
                                 seleniumwire_options=wire_options,