diff --git a/scripts/qutebrowser b/scripts/qutebrowser
index 8916a5c..34beaaa 100755
--- a/scripts/qutebrowser
+++ b/scripts/qutebrowser
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-url="$1"
-ver='1.6.3'
-proto=1
-sock="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/qutebrowser/ipc-$(printf "%s" "$USER" | md5sum | cut -d\  -f1)"
 bin=$(env PATH="$(echo "$PATH" | sed "s|$(dirname "$0"):||g")" sh -c 'command -v qutebrowser')
-fmt='{"args": ["%s"], "target_arg": null, "version": "%s", "protocol_version": %d, "cwd": "%s"}\n'
 
-printf "$fmt" "$url" "$ver" "$proto" "$PWD" | nc -U "$sock" 2>/dev/null || exec "$bin" "$@" &
+if pgrep qutebrowser >/dev/null; then
+  "$bin" "$@"
+else
+  url="$1"
+  ver='1.6.3'
+  proto=1
+  sock="$XDG_RUNTIME_DIR/qutebrowser/ipc-$(printf "%s" "$USER" | md5sum | cut -d\  -f1)"
+  fmt='{"args": ["%s"], "target_arg": null, "version": "%s", "protocol_version": %d, "cwd": "%s"}\n'
+  printf "$fmt" "$url" "$ver" "$proto" "$PWD" | nc -U "$sock" 2>/dev/null || exec "$bin" "$@" &
+fi