diff --git a/termite.cc b/termite.cc
index 71a465c..406f646 100644
--- a/termite.cc
+++ b/termite.cc
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ static void launch_url(const char *text, search_panel_info *info) {
 
     if (!errno && end != text && *end == '\0' && id && id <= info->url_list.size()) {
         browser_cmd[1] = info->url_list[id - 1].url;
-        g_spawn_async(NULL, (char **)browser_cmd, NULL, G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+        g_spawn_async(NULL, browser_cmd, NULL, G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
     } else {
         g_printerr("url hint invalid\n");
     }