diff --git a/sx-open b/sx-open
index f7a32be..dc11b7a 100755
--- a/sx-open
+++ b/sx-open
@@ -127,12 +127,13 @@ handle_target() {
 	fi
 
 	while (( $# )); do
-		cmd=$1 regex=$2
+		cmd_str=$1 regex=$2
+		cmd=()
 
-		if [[ $cmd == *'%target%'* ]]; then
-			cmd=( ${cmd//%target%/$target} )
+		if [[ $cmd_str == *'%target%'* ]]; then
+			cmd=( ${cmd_str//%target%/$target} )
 		else
-			cmd+=( "$target" )
+			cmd=( $cmd_str "$target" )
 		fi
 
 		if [[ "$target_left" =~ $regex ]]; then