diff --git a/lib/Web/Browser/Linux.hs b/lib/Web/Browser/Linux.hs
--- a/lib/Web/Browser/Linux.hs
+++ b/lib/Web/Browser/Linux.hs
@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@
 
 openBrowserLinux :: String -> IO Bool
 openBrowserLinux url = exitCodeToBool `fmap` rawSystem executable argv
-    where (executable, argv) = ("xdg-open", [url])
+    where (executable, argv) = ("sh", ["-c", "xdg-open \"$0\" 2>&1 > /dev/null", url])
           exitCodeToBool ExitSuccess     = True
           exitCodeToBool (ExitFailure _) = False
diff --git a/open-browser.cabal b/open-browser.cabal
--- a/open-browser.cabal
+++ b/open-browser.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                       open-browser
-version:                    0.1.3.0
+version:                    0.1.4.0
 synopsis:                   Open a web browser from Haskell.
 description:                Open a web browser from Haskell.
                             Currently BSD, Linux, OS X and Windows are supported.
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 author:                     rightfold
 maintainer:                 rightfold@gmail.com
 bug-reports:                https://github.com/rightfold/open-browser/issues
-category:                   Network
+category:                   Web
 build-type:                 Simple
 cabal-version:              >=1.10