diff --git a/src/gui/messagesview.cpp b/src/gui/messagesview.cpp
index 74dcca9af..a20ad455d 100644
--- a/src/gui/messagesview.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/messagesview.cpp
@@ -235,8 +235,9 @@ void MessagesView::openSelectedSourceArticlesExternally() {
   foreach (const QModelIndex &index, selectionModel()->selectedRows()) {
     QString link = m_sourceModel->messageAt(m_proxyModel->mapToSource(index).row()).m_url;
 
-    QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(link));
+    QProcess::startDetached('\"' + browser + "\"");
     continue;
+
 #if defined(Q_OS_LINUX)
     if (!QProcess::startDetached(browser + ' ' + arguments.arg(link))) {
 #else