diff --git a/src/base/rss/rss_article.cpp b/src/base/rss/rss_article.cpp
index d50523949..e132d3ad4 100644
--- a/src/base/rss/rss_article.cpp
+++ b/src/base/rss/rss_article.cpp
@@ -48,16 +48,16 @@ const QString Article::KeyIsRead = u"isRead"_s;
 
 Article::Article(Feed *feed, const QVariantHash &varHash)
     : QObject(feed)
-    , m_feed(feed)
-    , m_guid(varHash.value(KeyId).toString())
-    , m_date(varHash.value(KeyDate).toDateTime())
-    , m_title(varHash.value(KeyTitle).toString())
-    , m_author(varHash.value(KeyAuthor).toString())
-    , m_description(varHash.value(KeyDescription).toString())
-    , m_torrentURL(varHash.value(KeyTorrentURL).toString())
-    , m_link(varHash.value(KeyLink).toString())
-    , m_isRead(varHash.value(KeyIsRead, false).toBool())
-    , m_data(varHash)
+    , m_feed {feed}
+    , m_guid {varHash.value(KeyId).toString()}
+    , m_date {varHash.value(KeyDate).toDateTime()}
+    , m_title {varHash.value(KeyTitle).toString()}
+    , m_author {varHash.value(KeyAuthor).toString()}
+    , m_description {varHash.value(KeyDescription).toString()}
+    , m_torrentURL {varHash.value(KeyTorrentURL).toString()}
+    , m_link {varHash.value(KeyLink).toString()}
+    , m_isRead {varHash.value(KeyIsRead, false).toBool()}
+    , m_data {varHash}
 {
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/rss/rsswidget.cpp b/src/gui/rss/rsswidget.cpp
index fb764a19c..b2fc2454f 100644
--- a/src/gui/rss/rsswidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/rss/rsswidget.cpp
@@ -441,8 +441,8 @@ void RSSWidget::openSelectedArticlesUrls()
         // Mark as read
         article->markAsRead();
 
-        if (!article->link().isEmpty())
-            QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl(article->link()));
+        if (const QUrl articleLink {article->link()}; !articleLink.isEmpty() && !articleLink.isLocalFile())
+            QDesktopServices::openUrl(articleLink);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.cpp b/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.cpp
index aae330ce4..01e83eec0 100644
--- a/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/search/searchjobwidget.cpp
@@ -321,13 +321,13 @@ void SearchJobWidget::downloadTorrents(const AddTorrentOption option)
 
 void SearchJobWidget::openTorrentPages() const
 {
-    const QModelIndexList rows {m_ui->resultsBrowser->selectionModel()->selectedRows()};
+    const QModelIndexList rows = m_ui->resultsBrowser->selectionModel()->selectedRows();
     for (const QModelIndex &rowIndex : rows)
     {
         const QString descrLink = m_proxyModel->data(
-                    m_proxyModel->index(rowIndex.row(), SearchSortModel::DESC_LINK)).toString();
-        if (!descrLink.isEmpty())
-            QDesktopServices::openUrl(QUrl::fromEncoded(descrLink.toUtf8()));
+                m_proxyModel->index(rowIndex.row(), SearchSortModel::DESC_LINK)).toString();
+        if (const QUrl descrLinkURL {descrLink}; !descrLinkURL.isEmpty() && !descrLinkURL.isLocalFile())
+            QDesktopServices::openUrl(descrLinkURL);
     }
 }