diff --git a/src/notebooklm/cli/session.py b/src/notebooklm/cli/session.py
index 7a917830..673bcb7a 100644
--- a/src/notebooklm/cli/session.py
+++ b/src/notebooklm/cli/session.py
@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
+GOOGLE_ACCOUNTS_URL = "https://accounts.google.com/"
+NOTEBOOKLM_URL = "https://notebooklm.google.com/"
+NOTEBOOKLM_HOST = "notebooklm.google.com"
+
 
 def _sync_server_language_to_config() -> None:
     """Fetch server language setting and persist to local config.
@@ -212,7 +216,7 @@ def login(storage):
             )
 
             page = context.pages[0] if context.pages else context.new_page()
-            page.goto("https://notebooklm.google.com/")
+            page.goto(NOTEBOOKLM_URL)
 
             console.print("\n[bold green]Instructions:[/bold green]")
             console.print("1. Complete the Google login in the browser window")
@@ -221,8 +225,13 @@ def login(storage):
 
             input("[Press ENTER when logged in] ")
 
+            # Force .google.com cookies for regional users (e.g. UK lands on
+            # .google.co.uk). Use "load" not "networkidle" to avoid analytics hangs.
+            page.goto(GOOGLE_ACCOUNTS_URL, wait_until="load")
+            page.goto(NOTEBOOKLM_URL, wait_until="load")
+
             current_url = page.url
-            if "notebooklm.google.com" not in current_url:
+            if NOTEBOOKLM_HOST not in current_url:
                 console.print(f"[yellow]Warning: Current URL is {current_url}[/yellow]")
                 if not click.confirm("Save authentication anyway?"):
                     context.close()