diff --git a/scripts/open_url_in_instance.sh b/scripts/open_url_in_instance.sh
index 119c3aa4f..6abd8b424 100755
--- a/scripts/open_url_in_instance.sh
+++ b/scripts/open_url_in_instance.sh
@@ -3,16 +3,13 @@
 # author: Thore Bödecker (foxxx0)
 
 _url="$1"
-_qb_version='0.10.1'
+_qb_version='1.0.3'
 _proto_version=1
 _ipc_socket="${XDG_RUNTIME_DIR}/qutebrowser/ipc-$(echo -n "$USER" | md5sum | cut -d' ' -f1)"
+_qute_bin="/usr/bin/qutebrowser"
 
-if [[ -e "${_ipc_socket}" ]]; then
-	exec printf '{"args": ["%s"], "target_arg": null, "version": "%s", "protocol_version": %d, "cwd": "%s"}\n' \
-				"${_url}" \
-				"${_qb_version}" \
-				"${_proto_version}" \
-				"${PWD}" | socat - UNIX-CONNECT:"${_ipc_socket}"
-else
-    exec /usr/bin/qutebrowser --backend webengine "$@"
-fi
+printf '{"args": ["%s"], "target_arg": null, "version": "%s", "protocol_version": %d, "cwd": "%s"}\n' \
+       "${_url}" \
+       "${_qb_version}" \
+       "${_proto_version}" \
+       "${PWD}" | socat - UNIX-CONNECT:"${_ipc_socket}" 2>/dev/null || "$_qute_bin" "$@" &