--- xdg-open	2010-03-03 10:34:44.000000000 +0000
+++ xdg-open.new	2010-05-01 02:06:20.000000000 +0100
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@
                 command="`grep -E "^Exec(\[[^]=]*])?=" "$file" | cut -d= -f 2- | first_word`"
                 command_exec=`which $command 2>/dev/null`
                 if [ -x "$command_exec" ] ; then
-                    $command_exec $1
+                    $command_exec "$1"
                     if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
                         exit_success
                     fi
@@ -411,6 +411,7 @@
     if (echo "$1" | grep -q '^file://' ||
         ! echo "$1" | egrep -q '^[a-zA-Z+\.\-]+:'); then
 
+        
         local file="$1"
 
         # Decode URLs
@@ -420,7 +421,7 @@
         fi
 
         check_input_file "$file"
-
+        
         open_generic_xdg_mime "$file"
 
         if [ -f /etc/debian_version ] &&