diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak
index 37a8a8c1..3f6e0850 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak
@@ -1,10 +1,21 @@
-define-command -override 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()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)'
-        execute-keys -draft '<a-a><a-w>s<c-r>b<ret>"ay'
-        nop %sh{
-            xdg-open "$kak_reg_a"
+provide-module url-open %∴
+    declare-option -docstring %{
+        Command for opening URLs.
+    } str url_open_cmd 'xdg-open %s'
+    define-command -docstring %{
+        Open the URL the cursor is on with url_open_cmd.
+    } url-open %{
+        evaluate-commands -save-regs 'ab' %{
+            set-register b 'https?://(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)'
+            try %{
+                execute-keys -draft '<a-a><a-w>s<c-r>b<ret>"ay'
+                nop %sh{
+                    eval "$(printf "$kak_opt_url_open_cmd" "$kak_reg_a")"
+                }
+                echo "Opened %reg{a}"
+            } catch %{
+                fail 'Cursor is not on a URL!'
+            }
         }
-        echo %reg{a}
     }
-}
+∴
diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index e9761674..03cb973d 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -159,6 +159,10 @@ hook global WinCreate .* %{
 	search-highlight-enable
 }
 
+# open URL
+require-module url-open
+map -docstring "URL" global goto U ':url-open<ret>'
+
 # convenience mappings
 # quitting & saving
 map -docstring "quit" global user q ": q<ret>"