diff --git a/brozzler/chrome.py b/brozzler/chrome.py
index fb7c33f..f908da2 100644
--- a/brozzler/chrome.py
+++ b/brozzler/chrome.py
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ class Chrome:
                 '--remote-debugging-port=%s' % self.port,
                 '--use-mock-keychain', # mac thing
                 '--user-data-dir=%s' % self._chrome_user_data_dir,
-                '--disable-background-networking',
+                '--disable-background-networking', '--disable-breakpad',
                 '--disable-renderer-backgrounding', '--disable-hang-monitor',
                 '--disable-background-timer-throttling', '--mute-audio',
                 '--disable-web-sockets',
@@ -176,7 +176,8 @@ class Chrome:
                 '--disable-first-run-ui', '--no-first-run',
                 '--homepage=about:blank', '--disable-direct-npapi-requests',
                 '--disable-web-security', '--disable-notifications',
-                '--disable-extensions', '--disable-save-password-bubble']
+                '--disable-extensions', '--disable-save-password-bubble',
+                '--disable-sync']
 
         extra_chrome_args = os.environ.get('BROZZLER_EXTRA_CHROME_ARGS')
         if extra_chrome_args:
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index e105941..3bef00f 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 '''
 setup.py - brozzler setup script
 
-Copyright (C) 2014-2021 Internet Archive
+Copyright (C) 2014-2022 Internet Archive
 
 Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def find_package_data(package):
 
 setuptools.setup(
         name='brozzler',
-        version='1.5.25',
+        version='1.5.26',
         description='Distributed web crawling with browsers',
         url='https://github.com/internetarchive/brozzler',
         author='Noah Levitt',