diff --git a/pkg/browser/browser.go b/pkg/browser/browser.go
index c710a3b38..139f06dfb 100644
--- a/pkg/browser/browser.go
+++ b/pkg/browser/browser.go
@@ -9,9 +9,14 @@ import (
 	"github.com/google/shlex"
 )
 
+// BrowserEnv simply returns the $BROWSER envionment variable
+func FromEnv() string {
+	return os.Getenv("BROWSER")
+}
+
 // Command produces an exec.Cmd respecting runtime.GOOS and $BROWSER environment variable
 func Command(url string) (*exec.Cmd, error) {
-	launcher := os.Getenv("BROWSER")
+	launcher := FromEnv()
 	if launcher != "" {
 		return FromLauncher(launcher, url)
 	}
diff --git a/utils/utils.go b/utils/utils.go
index 208b7a44e..0e36f4824 100644
--- a/utils/utils.go
+++ b/utils/utils.go
@@ -19,7 +19,14 @@ func OpenInBrowser(url string) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	return run.PrepareCmd(browseCmd).Run()
+	err = run.PrepareCmd(browseCmd).Run()
+	if err != nil {
+		browserEnv := browser.FromEnv()
+		if browserEnv != "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("%w\nNote: check your BROWSER environment variable", err)
+		}
+	}
+	return err
 }
 
 func RenderMarkdown(text string) (string, error) {