diff --git a/termite.cc b/termite.cc
index 406f646..64d8a54 100644
--- a/termite.cc
+++ b/termite.cc
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ static void launch_url(const char *text, search_panel_info *info) {
     unsigned long id = strtoul(text, &end, 10);
 
     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, browser_cmd, NULL, G_SPAWN_SEARCH_PATH, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+        launch_browser(info->url_list[id - 1].url);
     } else {
         g_printerr("url hint invalid\n");
     }