diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/file-utils.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/file-utils.kak
index 12068037..19caee69 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/file-utils.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/file-utils.kak
@@ -56,5 +56,21 @@ define-command -docstring %{
     }
 }
 
+define-command -docstring %{
+    mkdir [<args>]: create directory
+    If no arguments, parents of current file are ensured.
+    Else, all args passed to mkdir.
+} mkdir -params 0.. %{
+    evaluate-commands %sh{
+        if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
+            # ensure current file parent
+            mkdir -p "$(dirname -- "$kak_buffile")"
+        else
+            # pass to mkdir
+            mkdir $@
+        fi
+    }
+}
+
 alias global rm remove-file
 complete-command remove-file file
diff --git a/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak b/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak
index 3f6e0850..741b6db3 100644
--- a/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak
+++ b/.config/kak/autoload/url.kak
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@ provide-module url-open %∴
             set-register b 'https?://(www\.)?[-a-zA-Z0-9@:%._\+~#=]{1,256}\.[a-zA-Z0-9()]{1,6}\b([-a-zA-Z0-9()@:%_\+.~#?&//=]*)'
             try %{
                 execute-keys -draft '<a-a><a-w>s<c-r>b<ret>"ay'
-                nop %sh{
-                    eval "$(printf "$kak_opt_url_open_cmd" "$kak_reg_a")"
+                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
                 }
-                echo "Opened %reg{a}"
             } catch %{
                 fail 'Cursor is not on a URL!'
             }
diff --git a/.config/kak/kakrc b/.config/kak/kakrc
index 340010c7..8d508b3c 100644
--- a/.config/kak/kakrc
+++ b/.config/kak/kakrc
@@ -275,4 +275,4 @@ map -docstring 'add selection' global normal Y <a-Z>a
 
 # open URL
 require-module url-open
-map -docstring "Open URL" global user <a-ret> ':url-open<ret>'
+map -docstring "Open URL" global goto u '<esc>: url-open<ret>'