diff --git a/config/search_config.example.json b/config/search_config.example.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..674cafc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/search_config.example.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+  "_note": "Configure your job searches here. Each search runs on both listed platforms.",
+  "first_run_days": 90,
+  "searches": [
+    {
+      "name": "Founding GTM",
+      "track": "gtm",
+      "keywords": [
+        "founding account executive",
+        "first sales hire",
+        "first GTM hire",
+        "founding AE",
+        "head of sales startup remote"
+      ],
+      "platforms": ["linkedin", "wellfound"],
+      "filters": {
+        "remote": true,
+        "posted_within_days": 2
+      },
+      "exclude_keywords": ["BDR", "SDR", "staffing", "insurance", "retail", "consumer", "recruiter", "DataAnnotation"],
+      "salary_min": 130000
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "Enterprise AE",
+      "track": "ae",
+      "keywords": [
+        "enterprise account executive SaaS remote",
+        "senior account executive technical SaaS remote",
+        "enterprise AE data infrastructure cloud"
+      ],
+      "platforms": ["linkedin"],
+      "filters": {
+        "remote": true,
+        "posted_within_days": 2,
+        "easy_apply_only": true
+      },
+      "exclude_keywords": ["BDR", "SDR", "SMB", "staffing", "retail", "DataAnnotation"],
+      "salary_min": 150000
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/config/search_config.json b/config/search_config.json
index a3ec4cc..674cafc 100644
--- a/config/search_config.json
+++ b/config/search_config.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "_note": "Configure your job searches here. Each search runs on both listed platforms.",
+  "first_run_days": 90,
   "searches": [
     {
       "name": "Founding GTM",
diff --git a/job_searcher.mjs b/job_searcher.mjs
index 7d0e3b2..908d602 100644
--- a/job_searcher.mjs
+++ b/job_searcher.mjs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 const __dir = dirname(fileURLToPath(import.meta.url));
 const cfg = p => JSON.parse(readFileSync(resolve(__dir, p), 'utf8'));
 
-import { addJobs } from './lib/queue.mjs';
+import { addJobs, loadQueue } from './lib/queue.mjs';
 import { createBrowser } from './lib/browser.mjs';
 import { verifyLogin as liLogin, searchLinkedIn } from './lib/linkedin.mjs';
 import { verifyLogin as wfLogin, searchWellfound } from './lib/wellfound.mjs';
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ async function main() {
   const settings = cfg('config/settings.json');
   const searchConfig = cfg('config/search_config.json');
 
+  // First run detection: if queue is empty, use first_run_days lookback
+  const isFirstRun = loadQueue().length === 0;
+  const lookbackDays = isFirstRun ? (searchConfig.first_run_days || 90) : null;
+  if (isFirstRun) console.log(`📅 First run — looking back ${lookbackDays} days\n`);
+
   let totalAdded = 0;
   let totalSeen = 0;
   const platformsRun = [];
@@ -43,7 +48,10 @@ async function main() {
       console.log('  ✅ Logged in');
 
       for (const search of liSearches) {
-        const jobs = await searchLinkedIn(liBrowser.page, search);
+        const effectiveSearch = lookbackDays
+          ? { ...search, filters: { ...search.filters, posted_within_days: lookbackDays } }
+          : search;
+        const jobs = await searchLinkedIn(liBrowser.page, effectiveSearch);
         const added = addJobs(jobs);
         totalAdded += added;
         totalSeen += jobs.length;
@@ -69,7 +77,10 @@ async function main() {
       else console.log('  ✅ Logged in');
 
       for (const search of wfSearches) {
-        const jobs = await searchWellfound(wfBrowser.page, search);
+        const effectiveSearch = lookbackDays
+          ? { ...search, filters: { ...search.filters, posted_within_days: lookbackDays } }
+          : search;
+        const jobs = await searchWellfound(wfBrowser.page, effectiveSearch);
         const added = addJobs(jobs);
         totalAdded += added;
         totalSeen += jobs.length;
diff --git a/lib/browser.mjs b/lib/browser.mjs
index f87a121..2070a1a 100644
--- a/lib/browser.mjs
+++ b/lib/browser.mjs
@@ -2,30 +2,44 @@
  * browser.mjs — Browser factory
  * Creates Kernel stealth browsers or falls back to local Playwright
  */
-import { chromium } from 'playwright';
+// Use configured playwright path or fall back to npm global
+let _chromium;
+async function getChromium(playwrightPath) {
+  if (_chromium) return _chromium;
+  const paths = [
+    playwrightPath,
+    '/home/ubuntu/.npm-global/lib/node_modules/playwright/index.mjs',
+    'playwright'
+  ].filter(Boolean);
+  for (const p of paths) {
+    try { const m = await import(p); _chromium = m.chromium; return _chromium; } catch {}
+  }
+  throw new Error('Playwright not found — install with: npm install -g playwright');
+}
 
 export async function createBrowser(settings, profileKey) {
   const { provider, playwright_path } = settings.browser || {};
   const kernelConfig = settings.kernel || {};
 
+  const pwPath = settings.browser?.playwright_path;
+
   if (provider === 'local') {
-    return createLocalBrowser();
+    return createLocalBrowser(pwPath);
   }
 
   // Default: Kernel
   try {
-    return await createKernelBrowser(kernelConfig, profileKey);
+    return await createKernelBrowser(kernelConfig, profileKey, pwPath);
   } catch (e) {
     console.warn(`[browser] Kernel failed (${e.message}), falling back to local`);
-    return createLocalBrowser();
+    return createLocalBrowser(pwPath);
   }
 }
 
-async function createKernelBrowser(kernelConfig, profileKey) {
-  // Dynamic import so it doesn't crash if not installed
+async function createKernelBrowser(kernelConfig, profileKey, playwrightPath) {
   let Kernel;
   try {
-    const mod = await import('@onkernel/sdk');
+    const mod = await import('/home/ubuntu/.openclaw/workspace/node_modules/@onkernel/sdk/index.js');
     Kernel = mod.default;
   } catch {
     throw new Error('Kernel SDK not installed — run: npm install @onkernel/sdk');
@@ -41,14 +55,7 @@ async function createKernelBrowser(kernelConfig, profileKey) {
   if (kernelConfig.proxy_id) opts.proxy = { id: kernelConfig.proxy_id };
 
   const kb = await kernel.browsers.create(opts);
-
-  // Use system playwright or configured path
-  let pw = chromium;
-  if (kernelConfig.playwright_path) {
-    const mod = await import(kernelConfig.playwright_path);
-    pw = mod.chromium;
-  }
-
+  const pw = await getChromium(playwrightPath);
   const browser = await pw.connectOverCDP(kb.cdp_ws_url);
   const ctx = browser.contexts()[0] || await browser.newContext();
   const page = ctx.pages()[0] || await ctx.newPage();
@@ -56,7 +63,8 @@ async function createKernelBrowser(kernelConfig, profileKey) {
   return { browser, page, type: 'kernel' };
 }
 
-async function createLocalBrowser() {
+async function createLocalBrowser(playwrightPath) {
+  const chromium = await getChromium(playwrightPath);
   const browser = await chromium.launch({ headless: true });
   const ctx = await browser.newContext({
     userAgent: 'Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/121.0.0.0 Safari/537.36'
diff --git a/lib/linkedin.mjs b/lib/linkedin.mjs
index 15efc29..2459ba3 100644
--- a/lib/linkedin.mjs
+++ b/lib/linkedin.mjs
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ export async function searchLinkedIn(page, search) {
     await page.evaluate(() => window.scrollBy(0, 2000));
     await page.waitForTimeout(1500);
 
-    const found = await page.evaluate((track, excludes) => {
+    const found = await page.evaluate(({ track, excludes }) => {
       const ids = [...new Set(
         Array.from(document.querySelectorAll('a[href*="/jobs/view/"]'))
           .map(a => a.href.match(/\/jobs\/view\/(\d+)/)?.[1])
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ export async function searchLinkedIn(page, search) {
         const company = container?.querySelector('[class*="company"], [class*="subtitle"], h4')?.textContent?.trim() || '';
         const location = container?.querySelector('[class*="location"]')?.textContent?.trim() || '';
 
-        // Basic exclusion filter
         const titleLower = title.toLowerCase();
         const companyLower = company.toLowerCase();
         for (const ex of excludes) {
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ export async function searchLinkedIn(page, search) {
         return { id: `li_${id}`, platform: 'linkedin', track, title, company, location,
                  url: `https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/${id}/`, jobId: id };
       }).filter(Boolean);
-    }, search.track, search.exclude_keywords || []);
+    }, { track: search.track, excludes: search.exclude_keywords || [] });
 
     jobs.push(...found);
   }
diff --git a/lib/wellfound.mjs b/lib/wellfound.mjs
index e8be1de..f67bdd8 100644
--- a/lib/wellfound.mjs
+++ b/lib/wellfound.mjs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export async function searchWellfound(page, search) {
     await page.evaluate(() => window.scrollBy(0, 3000));
     await page.waitForTimeout(2000);
 
-    const found = await page.evaluate((track, excludes) => {
+    const found = await page.evaluate(({ track, excludes }) => {
       const seen = new Set();
       const results = [];
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ export async function searchWellfound(page, search) {
       });
 
       return results.slice(0, 30);
-    }, search.track, search.exclude_keywords || []);
+    }, { track: search.track, excludes: search.exclude_keywords || [] });
 
     jobs.push(...found);
   }
diff --git a/node_modules b/node_modules
new file mode 120000
index 0000000..867c978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/node_modules
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/home/ubuntu/.openclaw/workspace/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file