diff --git a/docs/Config.md b/docs/Config.md
index d428603bc..eb1c65f9a 100644
--- a/docs/Config.md
+++ b/docs/Config.md
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 
 ```
   os:
-    openCommand: 'bash -c \"xdg-open {{filename}} &>/dev/null &\"'
+    openCommand: 'sh -c "xdg-open {{filename}} >/dev/null"'
 ```
 
 ### OSX:
diff --git a/pkg/config/config_linux.go b/pkg/config/config_linux.go
index ef30ac7d2..90e922416 100644
--- a/pkg/config/config_linux.go
+++ b/pkg/config/config_linux.go
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ package config
 func GetPlatformDefaultConfig() []byte {
 	return []byte(
 		`os:
-  openCommand: 'bash -c \"xdg-open {{filename}} &>/dev/null &\"'`)
+  openCommand: 'sh -c "xdg-open {{filename}} >/dev/null"'`)
 }