diff --git a/core/tabs/applications-setup/browser-setup.sh b/core/tabs/applications-setup/browser-setup.sh
index 4366e6dde..eb4d89145 100644
--- a/core/tabs/applications-setup/browser-setup.sh
+++ b/core/tabs/applications-setup/browser-setup.sh
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ install_brave() {
             apt-get|nala)
                 "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER"  install curl
                 "$ESCALATION_TOOL" curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg
-                echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"|sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
+                echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main"| "$ESCALATION_TOOL" tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
                 "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER"  update
                 "$ESCALATION_TOOL" "$PACKAGER"  install brave-browser
                 ;;