diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b5346c7..8d57e9b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 
 name = "open"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 authors = ["Sebastian Thiel <byronimo@gmail.com>"]
 license = "MIT"
 description = "Open a path or URL using the program configured on the system"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index addf6c7..b804653 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ $ open <path-or-url>
 # Windows
 $ start <path-or-url>
 # Linux
-$ xdg-open <path-or-url> || gnome-open <path-or-url> || kde-open <path-or-url>
+$ open <path-or-url> || xdg-open <path-or-url> || gnome-open <path-or-url> || kde-open <path-or-url>
 ```
 
 # Usage
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 283c423..44a0550 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ pub fn that(path: &str) -> IoResult<ProcessExit> {
     use std::old_io::IoError;
 
     let mut res = Err(IoError::from_errno(0, false));
-    for program in &["xdg-open", "gnome-open", "kde-open"] {
+    for program in &["open", "xdg-open", "gnome-open", "kde-open"] {
         res = Command::new(program).arg(path).detached().status();
         match res {
             Ok(_) => return res,