diff --git a/rascal.cabal b/rascal.cabal
--- a/rascal.cabal
+++ b/rascal.cabal
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 name:                rascal
 
--- The package version.  See the Haskell package versioning policy (PVP) 
--- for standards guiding when and how versions should be incremented.
--- http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Package_versioning_policy
 -- PVP summary:      +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                   | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                   | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version:             1.1.4
+version:             1.1.5
 synopsis:            A command-line client for Reddit
 description:         Rascal is a command-line client for Reddit with colors,
                      configurable sorting, threaded comments, and some day
@@ -21,6 +18,11 @@
 cabal-version:       >=1.10
 stability:           experimental
 homepage:            http://soli.github.io/rascal/
+
+source-repository this
+  type:              git
+  location:          git://github.com/soli/rascal.git
+  tag:               v1.1.5
 
 source-repository head
   type:              git
diff --git a/src/Rascal/Utils.hs b/src/Rascal/Utils.hs
--- a/src/Rascal/Utils.hs
+++ b/src/Rascal/Utils.hs
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 import System.Info         (os)
 import Control.Exception   (handle)
 import Data.List           (elemIndices)
+import System.Environment  (getEnv)
 
+import System.Directory    (findExecutable)
 import System.Process      (callProcess)
 import System.Console.ANSI (clearLine)
 
@@ -100,8 +102,13 @@
    message ("opening '" ++ u ++ "'…") w
    handle (\e -> print (e :: IOError)) $
       case os of
-       "darwin"  -> callProcess "open" ["-g", u] -- open in the background
-       "linux"   -> callProcess "xdg-open" [u, "&"] -- getEnv BROWSER ???
+       "darwin"  -> callProcess "open" ["-g", u]   -- open in the background
+       "linux"   -> do
+         hasXdg <- findExecutable "xdg-open"
+         cmd <- case hasXdg of
+                  Nothing -> getEnv "BROWSER"
+                  Just path -> return path
+         callProcess cmd [u]
        "mingw32" -> callProcess "start" ["", u]
        _         -> return ()