diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/overview/SearchWidget.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/overview/SearchWidget.qml
index 43d78e4ef..f47ff4927 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/overview/SearchWidget.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/overview/SearchWidget.qml
@@ -86,19 +86,6 @@ Item { // Wrapper
         }
     }
 
-    Process {
-        id: webSearch
-        property list<string> baseCommand: ["xdg-open"]
-        function search(query) {
-            let url = ConfigOptions.search.engineBaseUrl + query
-            for (let site of ConfigOptions.search.excludedSites) {
-                url += ` -site:${site}`;
-            }
-            webSearch.command = baseCommand.concat(url)
-            webSearch.startDetached()
-        }
-    }
-
     Process {
         id: executor
         property list<string> baseCommand: ["bash", "-c"]
@@ -366,7 +353,11 @@ Item { // Wrapper
                             type: "Search the web",
                             materialSymbol: 'travel_explore',
                             execute: () => {
-                                webSearch.search(root.searchingText);
+                                let url = ConfigOptions.search.engineBaseUrl + root.searchingText
+                                for (let site of ConfigOptions.search.excludedSites) {
+                                    url += ` -site:${site}`;
+                                }
+                                Qt.openUrlExternally(url);
                             }
                         });
 
diff --git a/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/anime/BooruImage.qml b/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/anime/BooruImage.qml
index c2fa3833f..3d2856301 100644
--- a/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/anime/BooruImage.qml
+++ b/.config/quickshell/modules/sidebarLeft/anime/BooruImage.qml
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ import "root:/"
 import "root:/modules/common"
 import "root:/modules/common/widgets"
 import "root:/modules/common/functions/string_utils.js" as StringUtils
+import QtQml
 import Qt.labs.platform
 import QtQuick
 import QtQuick.Controls
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ Button {
                     buttonText: qsTr("Open file link")
                     onClicked: {
                         root.showActions = false
-                        Hyprland.dispatch(`exec xdg-open '${root.imageData.file_url}'`)
+                        Qt.openUrlExternally(root.imageData.file_url)
                     }
                 }
                 MenuButton {
@@ -163,7 +164,7 @@ Button {
                     onClicked: {
                         root.showActions = false
                         Hyprland.dispatch("global quickshell:sidebarLeftClose")
-                        Hyprland.dispatch(`exec xdg-open '${root.imageData.source}'`)
+                        Qt.openUrlExternally(root.imageData.source)
                     }
                 }
                 MenuButton {