diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 0a577ff3..289dccb1 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -5501,7 +5501,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 
 		if (S_ISREG(sb.st_mode)) {
-			execlp(opener, opener, arg, NULL);
+			spawn(opener, arg, NULL, NULL, F_NOWAIT);
 			return _SUCCESS;
 		}
 	}