diff --git a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Interfaces/IPublicAPI.cs b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Interfaces/IPublicAPI.cs
index 986710ab8cb..69057820ef8 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Interfaces/IPublicAPI.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher.Plugin/Interfaces/IPublicAPI.cs
@@ -228,12 +228,26 @@ public interface IPublicAPI
         public void OpenDirectory(string DirectoryPath, string FileName = null);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Opens the url. The browser and mode used is based on what's configured in Flow's default browser settings.
+        /// Opens the URL with the given Uri object. 
+        /// The browser and mode used is based on what's configured in Flow's default browser settings.
+        /// </summary>
+        public void OpenUrl(Uri url, bool? inPrivate = null);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Opens the URL with the given string. 
+        /// The browser and mode used is based on what's configured in Flow's default browser settings.
+        /// Non-C# plugins should use this method.
         /// </summary>
         public void OpenUrl(string url, bool? inPrivate = null);
 
         /// <summary>
-        /// Opens the application URI.
+        /// Opens the application URI with the given Uri object, e.g. obsidian://search-query-example
+        /// </summary>
+        public void OpenAppUri(Uri appUri);
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Opens the application URI with the given string, e.g. obsidian://search-query-example
+        /// Non-C# plugins should use this method
         /// </summary>
         public void OpenAppUri(string appUri);
     }
diff --git a/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs b/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs
index e3b7de31d5a..81f7a238965 100644
--- a/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs
+++ b/Flow.Launcher/PublicAPIInstance.cs
@@ -209,9 +209,8 @@ public void OpenDirectory(string DirectoryPath, string FileName = null)
             explorer.Start();
         }
 
-        public void OpenUri(string url, bool? inPrivate = null, bool isAppUri = false)
+        private void OpenUri(Uri uri, bool? inPrivate = null)
         {
-            var uri = new Uri(url);
             if (uri.Scheme == Uri.UriSchemeHttp || uri.Scheme == Uri.UriSchemeHttps)
             {
                 var browserInfo = _settingsVM.Settings.CustomBrowser;
@@ -220,38 +219,43 @@ public void OpenUri(string url, bool? inPrivate = null, bool isAppUri = false)
 
                 if (browserInfo.OpenInTab)
                 {
-                    url.OpenInBrowserTab(path, inPrivate ?? browserInfo.EnablePrivate, browserInfo.PrivateArg);
+                    uri.AbsoluteUri.OpenInBrowserTab(path, inPrivate ?? browserInfo.EnablePrivate, browserInfo.PrivateArg);
                 }
                 else
                 {
-                    url.OpenInBrowserWindow(path, inPrivate ?? browserInfo.EnablePrivate, browserInfo.PrivateArg);
+                    uri.AbsoluteUri.OpenInBrowserWindow(path, inPrivate ?? browserInfo.EnablePrivate, browserInfo.PrivateArg);
                 }
-
-                return;
             }
-
-            if (isAppUri)
+            else
             {
                 Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo()
                 {
-                    FileName = url,
+                    FileName = uri.AbsoluteUri,
                     UseShellExecute = true
                 })?.Dispose();
 
                 return;
             }
-
-            throw new InvalidOperationException("URI scheme not specified or supported ");
         }
 
         public void OpenUrl(string url, bool? inPrivate = null)
+        {
+            OpenUri(new Uri(url), inPrivate);
+        }
+
+        public void OpenUrl(Uri url, bool? inPrivate = null)
         {
             OpenUri(url, inPrivate);
         }
 
         public void OpenAppUri(string appUri)
         {
-            OpenUri(appUri, isAppUri: true);
+            OpenUri(new Uri(appUri));
+        }
+
+        public void OpenAppUri(Uri appUri)
+        {
+            OpenUri(appUri);
         }
 
         public event FlowLauncherGlobalKeyboardEventHandler GlobalKeyboardEvent;
diff --git a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Main.cs b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Main.cs
index 2ed41213008..b136e3b8b46 100644
--- a/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Main.cs
+++ b/Plugins/Flow.Launcher.Plugin.WebSearch/Main.cs
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@ public async Task<List<Result>> QueryAsync(Query query, CancellationToken token)
                 var title = keyword;
                 string subtitle = _context.API.GetTranslation("flowlauncher_plugin_websearch_search") + " " + searchSource.Title;
 
-                //Action Keyword match apear on top
+                // Action Keyword match apear on top
                 var score = searchSource.ActionKeyword == SearchSourceGlobalPluginWildCardSign ? scoreStandard : scoreStandard + 1;
 
+                // This populates the associated action keyword search entry
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(keyword))
                 {
                     var result = new Result
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ public async Task<List<Result>> QueryAsync(Query query, CancellationToken token)
                         IcoPath = searchSource.IconPath,
                         Score = score
                     };
+
                     results.Add(result);
                 }
                 else
@@ -93,7 +95,6 @@ public async Task<List<Result>> QueryAsync(Query query, CancellationToken token)
 
                 if (token.IsCancellationRequested)
                     return null;
-
             }
 
             return results;