diff --git a/launcher/Launcher.qml b/launcher/Launcher.qml
index a03c810..14f6a26 100644
--- a/launcher/Launcher.qml
+++ b/launcher/Launcher.qml
@@ -32,6 +32,14 @@ PanelWindow {
     property var    allItems:     []
     property bool   loading:      false
     property bool   proxyMode:    false
+    property string proxyUrl:     ""
+
+    Component.onCompleted: readProxyUrl()
+
+    function readProxyUrl() {
+        proxyUrlProc.command = ["cat", Cfg.Config.launcherCacheDir + "/proxy.conf"]
+        proxyUrlProc.running = true
+    }
 
     // When launcherSelectFirst is true the first result is pre-selected;
     // otherwise the list starts with no selection (-1).
@@ -77,21 +85,92 @@ PanelWindow {
     function readCache() {
         const path = Cfg.Config.launcherCacheDir + "/" + (mode === "drun" ? "drun.txt" : "run.txt")
         dataProc.rawOutput = ""
-        dataProc.command   = ["bash", "-c", "cat " + path]
+        dataProc.command   = ["cat", path]
         dataProc.running   = true
     }
 
+    function shellQuote(str) {
+        // POSIX single-quote escaping: wrap in ' and replace every ' with '\''
+        return "'" + str.replace(/'/g, "'\\''") + "'"
+    }
+
+    function parseExec(str) {
+        const args = []
+        let current = ""
+        let inSingle = false
+        let inDouble = false
+
+        for (let i = 0; i < str.length; i++) {
+            const ch = str[i]
+
+            if (inSingle) {
+                if (ch === "'") inSingle = false
+                else current += ch
+            } else if (inDouble) {
+                if (ch === '"') inDouble = false
+                else current += ch
+            } else if (ch === "'") {
+                inSingle = true
+            } else if (ch === '"') {
+                inDouble = true
+            } else if (/\s/.test(ch)) {
+                if (current.length > 0) {
+                    args.push(current)
+                    current = ""
+                }
+            } else {
+                current += ch
+            }
+        }
+        if (current.length > 0) args.push(current)
+        return args
+    }
+
     function launch(item) {
         if (!item || !item.exec) return
 
-        const cleanExec = item.exec.replace(/%[fFuUik]/g, "").trim()
-        const finalExec = root.proxyMode ? "proxychains4 " + cleanExec : cleanExec
-        const logPath   = "/tmp/qml_launch.log"
+        let cleanExec = item.exec.replace(/%[fFuUik]/g, "").trim()
+        const logPath = "/tmp/qml_launch.log"
 
-        launchProc.command = ["sh", "-c", finalExec + " > " + logPath + " 2>&1 &"]
+        const lowerExec = cleanExec.toLowerCase()
+        const isBrowser = lowerExec.includes("chromium") || lowerExec.includes("chrome") || lowerExec.includes("firefox")
+
+        let extraArgs = []
+        let envVars   = []
+        let prefix    = ""
+        let useProxyChains = false
+
+        if (root.proxyMode) {
+            if (isBrowser && root.proxyUrl) {
+                // Browsers: use native proxy flags instead of proxychains4
+                // to avoid LD_PRELOAD sandbox conflicts
+                if (lowerExec.includes("chromium") || lowerExec.includes("chrome")) {
+                    extraArgs.push("--proxy-server=" + root.proxyUrl)
+                }
+                if (lowerExec.includes("firefox")) {
+                    envVars.push("all_proxy=" + root.proxyUrl)
+                }
+            } else {
+                // Non-browsers: use proxychains4 normally
+                useProxyChains = true
+            }
+        }
+
+        const envPrefix = envVars.length > 0 ? "env " + envVars.join(" ") + " " : ""
+        if (useProxyChains) {
+            prefix = envPrefix + "/usr/bin/proxychains4 "
+        } else {
+            prefix = envPrefix
+        }
+
+        const args     = parseExec(cleanExec)
+        const fullArgs = args.concat(extraArgs)
+        const cmd      = prefix + fullArgs.map(a => shellQuote(a)).join(" ") + " > " + shellQuote(logPath) + " 2>&1 < /dev/null &"
+
+        launchProc.command = ["sh", "-c", cmd]
         launchProc.running = true
 
-        console.log("Launching: " + finalExec)
+        console.log("Launching: " + prefix + cleanExec + (extraArgs.length ? " " + extraArgs.join(" ") : ""))
         if (typeof close === "function") close()
     }
 
@@ -146,6 +225,17 @@ PanelWindow {
 
     Process { id: launchProc }
 
+    Process {
+        id: proxyUrlProc
+        property string rawOutput: ""
+        stdout: SplitParser { onRead: data => proxyUrlProc.rawOutput = data.trim() }
+        onRunningChanged: {
+            if (!running && rawOutput) {
+                root.proxyUrl = rawOutput
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     // Transparent overlay — captures clicks outside the bubble and closes the
     // launcher. Sits below clipContainer in stacking order (declared first),
     // so clicks inside the bubble still reach the bubble's own MouseAreas.
diff --git a/launcher/launcher.sh b/launcher/launcher.sh
index 504184d..084ae99 100755
--- a/launcher/launcher.sh
+++ b/launcher/launcher.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ get_desktop_files() {
         exec=$(
             grep -m1 '^Exec=' "$f" \
             | cut -d= -f2- \
-            | sed 's/%[fFuUik]//g' \
-            | xargs
+            | sed 's/%[fFuUik]//g'
         )
 
         type=$(
@@ -90,12 +89,31 @@ build_run() {
 }
 
 
+extract_proxy() {
+    local conf="${PROXYCHAINS_CONF_FILE:-/etc/proxychains4.conf}"
+    [ -f "$conf" ] || conf="/etc/proxychains.conf"
+    [ -f "$conf" ] || return
+
+    local line
+    line=$(awk '/^\[ProxyList\]/{found=1; next} found && NF && !/^#/{print; exit}' "$conf")
+    [ -n "$line" ] || return
+
+    local ptype host port
+    ptype=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')
+    host=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $2}')
+    port=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $3}')
+
+    echo "${ptype}://${host}:${port}"
+}
+
 update_cache() {
     build_drun > "$DRUN_CACHE.tmp"
     build_run  > "$RUN_CACHE.tmp"
 
     mv "$DRUN_CACHE.tmp" "$DRUN_CACHE"
     mv "$RUN_CACHE.tmp"  "$RUN_CACHE"
+
+    extract_proxy > "$CACHE_DIR/proxy.conf"
 }