diff --git a/sx-open b/sx-open
index 997e5e2..ba12725 100755
--- a/sx-open
+++ b/sx-open
@@ -8,33 +8,39 @@ cfg_file="$HOME/.config/sx-open.cfg"
 usage() { echo "usage function not implemented yet."; }
 
 handle_uri() {
+	local target="$1"
+
 	for h in "${!uri_handlers[@]}"; do
 		grep -oE "${uri_handlers[${h}]}" <<< "$target" && {
-			"$h" "$target"
-			break
+			${h} "$target" &
+			return 0
 		}
 	done
+
+	return 1
 }
 
 handle_file() {
+	local target="$1"
+
+	[[ -f "$target" ]] || return 1
+
 	target_mimetype=$(file -ib "$target")
 
 	for m in "${!mime_handlers[@]}"; do
 		grep -oE "${mime_handlers[${m}]}" <<< "$target_mimetype" && {
-			"$m" "$target"
-			break
+			${m} "$target" &
+			return 0
 		}
 	done
+
+	return 1
 }
 
 main() {
-	target="$1"; [[ "$target" ]] || { usage; exit; }
+	[[ "$1" ]] || { usage; exit; }
 
-	if [[ -f "$target" ]]; then
-		handle_file
-	else
-		handle_uri
-	fi
+	handle_file "$1" || handle_uri "$1"
 }
 
 main "$@"