diff --git a/sx-open b/sx-open
index 994b675..e7c7c96 100755
--- a/sx-open
+++ b/sx-open
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 # This is an attempt to replace xdg-open with something sane.
 
-declare -A uri_handlers
-declare -A mime_handlers
-
 # Source the config file.
 cfg_file="$HOME/.config/sx-open.cfg"
 cfg_uri_regex='^[A-Za-z]([A-Za-z0-9+.-]+)?://.+'
@@ -14,9 +11,11 @@ usage() { echo "${0##*/} <uri/file>"; }
 handle_uri() {
 	local target="$1"
 
-	for h in "${!uri_handlers[@]}"; do
-		[[ "$target" =~ ${uri_handlers[${h}]} ]] && {
-			${h} "$target" &
+	for h in "${uri_handlers[@]}"; do
+		IFS='=' read cmd regex <<< "$h"
+
+		[[ "$target" =~ ${regex} ]] && {
+			${cmd} "$target" &
 			return 0
 		}
 	done
@@ -27,9 +26,11 @@ handle_uri() {
 handle_mime() {
 	target_mimetype=$(file -ib "$target")
 
-	for m in "${!mime_handlers[@]}"; do
-		[[ "$target_mimetype" =~ ${mime_handlers[${m}]} ]] && {
-			${m} "$target" &
+	for m in "${mime_handlers[@]}"; do
+		IFS='=' read cmd regex <<< "$m"
+
+		[[ "$target_mimetype" =~ ${regex} ]] && {
+			${cmd} "$target" &
 			return 0
 		}
 	done
diff --git a/sx-open.cfg b/sx-open.cfg
index fe2c2d8..5601418 100644
--- a/sx-open.cfg
+++ b/sx-open.cfg
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@
 # Note that as sx-open checks the regexes in order, they should be placed in order from specific to less so.
 
 uri_handlers=(
-	["steam"]='^steam://.+'
-	["javaws"]='.+kvm.+?\.cgi$'
-	["browser"]='^http(s)://.+'
+	'steam=^steam://.+'
+	'javaws=.+kvm.+?\.cgi$'
+	'browser=^http(s)://.+'
 )
 
 mime_handlers=(
-	["sxiv"]='image/.+'
+	'sxiv=image/.+'
 )
 
 # vim: syntax=sh