diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/changelog.txt b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/changelog.txt
index f148eb04a6..94ec6551df 100644
--- a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/changelog.txt
+++ b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/changelog.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+103
+- fix getting default audio device
+
 102
 - add dark mode at options
 - support for latest Chrome
diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/package.mk b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/package.mk
index 74f5144d25..d6c51452f7 100644
--- a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/package.mk
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 PKG_NAME="chrome"
 PKG_VERSION="1.0"
-PKG_REV="102"
+PKG_REV="103"
 PKG_ARCH="x86_64"
 PKG_LICENSE="Custom"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.google.com/chrome"
diff --git a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/default.py b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/default.py
index d143e584b7..0bda7a717a 100644
--- a/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/default.py
+++ b/packages/addons/browser/chrome/source/default.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import sys
 import time
 import xbmcaddon
 import subprocess
-from xml.dom.minidom import parse
+import json
 
 sys.path.append('/usr/share/kodi/addons/@DISTRO_PKG_SETTINGS_ID@')
 
@@ -59,21 +59,22 @@ def isRuning(pname):
   return False
 
 def getAudioDevice():
-  try:
-    dom = parse("/storage/.kodi/userdata/guisettings.xml")
-    audiooutput=dom.getElementsByTagName('audiooutput')
-    for node in audiooutput:
-      dev = node.getElementsByTagName('audiodevice')[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue
-    if dev.startswith("ALSA:"):
-      dev = dev.split("ALSA:")[1]
-      if dev == "@":
-        return None
-      if dev.startswith("@:"):
-        dev = dev.split("@:")[1]
-    else:
-      # not ALSA
+  dev = json.loads(xbmc.executeJSONRPC(json.dumps({
+                      "jsonrpc": "2.0",
+                      "method": "Settings.GetSettingValue",
+                      "params": {
+                                  "setting": "audiooutput.audiodevice",
+                                },
+                      "id": 1,
+                   })))['result']['value']
+  if dev.startswith("ALSA:"):
+    dev = dev.split("ALSA:")[1]
+    if dev == "@":
       return None
-  except:
+    if dev.startswith("@:"):
+      dev = dev.split("@:")[1]
+  else:
+    # not ALSA
     return None
   if dev.startswith("CARD="):
     dev = "plughw:" + dev