diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak
index 741b6db3..49a3f602 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak
@@ -8,15 +8,22 @@ provide-module url-open %∴
         evaluate-commands -save-regs 'ab' %{
             set-register b 'https?://(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)'
             try %{
-                execute-keys -draft '<a-a><a-w>s<c-r>b<ret>"ay'
+                try %{
+                    execute-keys -draft '<a-a><a-w>s<c-r>b<ret>"ay'
+                } catch %{
+                    fail 'No URL found!'
+                }
                 evaluate-commands %sh{
                     # strip trailing punctuation
                     clean_url="$(echo "$kak_reg_a" | sed 's/[][(){}.,;!?]*$//')"
-                    echo "info -title 'URL Opened' '$clean_url'"
-                    eval "$(printf "$kak_opt_url_open_cmd" "$clean_url")" >/dev/null 2>&1
+                    if eval "$(printf "$kak_opt_url_open_cmd" "$clean_url")" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                        echo "info -title 'URL Opened' '$clean_url'"
+                    else
+                        echo "fail 'url_open_cmd failed!'"
+                    fi
                 }
             } catch %{
-                fail 'Cursor is not on a URL!'
+                info -title 'URL Open' "Couldn't open URL: %val{error}"
             }
         }
     }