diff --git a/scripts/open_url_in_instance.sh b/scripts/open_url_in_instance.sh
index c4acf57a1..7e07c1394 100755
--- a/scripts/open_url_in_instance.sh
+++ b/scripts/open_url_in_instance.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ printf '{"args": ["%s"], "target_arg": null, "version": "%s", "protocol_version"
        "${_url}" \
        "${_qb_version}" \
        "${_proto_version}" \
-       "${PWD}" | socat - UNIX-CONNECT:"${_ipc_socket}" 2>/dev/null || $_qute_bin --backend webengine "$@" &
+       "${PWD}" | socat - UNIX-CONNECT:"${_ipc_socket}" 2>/dev/null || "$_qute_bin" "$@" &