diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 03a14a3..bcb5123 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 
 ## ⚡️ Requirements
 
-* Neovim >= 0.5.0
+* Neovim >= 0.10.0
 * macOS (`open`), Linux (`xdg-open`) or Windows (`powershell.exe start explorer.exe`)
 
 ## 📦 Installation
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ require("lazy").setup({
     config = function() require("gx").setup {
       open_browser_app = "os_specific", -- specify your browser app; default for macOS is "open", Linux "xdg-open" and Windows "powershell.exe"
       open_browser_args = { "--background" }, -- specify any arguments, such as --background for macOS' "open".
+      open_browser_options = {}, -- specify options passed to `vim.system`, see `vim.SystemOpts`
       handlers = {
         plugin = true, -- open plugin links in lua (e.g. packer, lazy, ..)
         github = true, -- open github issues
diff --git a/lua/gx/git.lua b/lua/gx/git.lua
index 7c867a1..98cb031 100644
--- a/lua/gx/git.lua
+++ b/lua/gx/git.lua
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 M = {}
 
 local function parse_git_output(result)
-  if not result or #result < 1 then
+  if not result or #result < 0 then
     return
   end
 
-  local domain, repository = result[1]:gsub("%.git%s*$", ""):match("@(.*%..*):(.*)$")
+  result = vim.trim(result)
+  local domain, repository = result:gsub("%.git%s*$", ""):match("@(.*%..*):(.*)$")
   if domain and repository then
     return "https://" .. domain .. "/" .. repository
   end
 
-  local url = result[1]:gsub("%.git%s*$", ""):match("^https?://.+")
+  local url = result:gsub("%.git%s*$", ""):match("^https?://.+")
   if url then
     return url
   end
diff --git a/lua/gx/init.lua b/lua/gx/init.lua
index 12272d4..1f07e67 100644
--- a/lua/gx/init.lua
+++ b/lua/gx/init.lua
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ local M = {}
 ---@class GxOptions
 ---@field open_browser_app string
 ---@field open_browser_args string[]
+---@field open_browser_options table
 ---@field handlers table<string, boolean|GxHandler>
 ---@field handler_options GxHandlerOptions
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ function M.open(mode, line)
     return require("gx.shell").execute_with_error(
       M.options.open_browser_app,
       M.options.open_browser_args,
+      M.options.open_browser_options,
       urls[1].url
     )
   else
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ function M.open(mode, line)
       return require("gx.shell").execute_with_error(
         M.options.open_browser_app,
         M.options.open_browser_args,
+        M.options.open_browser_options,
         selected.url
       )
     end)
@@ -97,6 +100,7 @@ local function with_defaults(options)
   return {
     open_browser_app = options.open_browser_app or get_open_browser_app(),
     open_browser_args = options.open_browser_args or get_open_browser_args(),
+    open_browser_options = {},
     handlers = options.handlers or {},
     handler_options = {
       search_engine = options.handler_options.search_engine or "google",
diff --git a/lua/gx/shell.lua b/lua/gx/shell.lua
index e15a70a..e7deced 100644
--- a/lua/gx/shell.lua
+++ b/lua/gx/shell.lua
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ local shell = {}
 ---@param command string
 ---@param args table
 ---@return integer,table
-function shell.execute(command, args)
+function shell.execute(command, args, options)
   if vim.fn.has("nvim-0.10") == 1 then
-    local result = vim.system({ command, unpack(args) }):wait()
+    local opts = vim.tbl_extend("force", {}, options)
+    local result = vim.system({ command, unpack(args) }, opts):wait()
     return result.code, vim.split(result.stdout, "\n")
   end
 
@@ -19,14 +20,14 @@ function shell.execute(command, args)
   return return_val, result
 end
 
-function shell.execute_with_error(command, args, url)
+function shell.execute_with_error(command, args, options, url)
   local shell_args = {}
   for _, v in ipairs(args) do
     table.insert(shell_args, v)
   end
   table.insert(shell_args, url)
 
-  local return_val, _ = shell.execute(command, shell_args)
+  local return_val, _ = shell.execute(command, shell_args, options)
 
   if return_val ~= 0 then
     local ret = {}