diff --git a/extra/sxbm_dmenu b/extra/sxbm_dmenu
index eb1ad03..aedb604 100755
--- a/extra/sxbm_dmenu
+++ b/extra/sxbm_dmenu
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ prompt="dmenu -i -l 24"
 
 bm_open() {
 	link_num="$(sxbm ls -c "$@" | $prompt | cut -d ")" -f 1)"
-	[ -n "$link_num" ] && sxbm open "$link_num"
+	[ -n "$link_num" ] && sxbm open -f "$link_num"
 }
 
 bm_yank() {