diff --git a/sx-open b/sx-open
index dc11b7a..63ade16 100755
--- a/sx-open
+++ b/sx-open
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ handle_target() {
 
 		[[ "$target" =~ ^/.* ]] || { target="${PWD}/${target}"; } # Turn relative paths to absolute ones.
 
-		IFS=';' read target_mimetype charset <<< $( file -ib "$target" )
+		IFS=';' read target_mimetype charset <<< $( file -ibL "$target" )
 		target_left=$target_mimetype
 
 		set -- "${mime_handlers[@]}"