diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 847a315..245b2a7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 /target
 /_test_area
 /site
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f09b370..4ab05ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "doctave"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.2"
 dependencies = [
  "alphanumeric-sort",
  "ascii",
@@ -312,6 +312,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "indoc",
  "lazy_static",
  "notify",
+ "open",
  "rayon",
  "scoped_threadpool",
  "serde",
@@ -882,6 +883,16 @@ version = "0.3.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "624a8340c38c1b80fd549087862da4ba43e08858af025b236e509b6649fc13d5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "open"
+version = "3.0.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b4a3100141f1733ea40b53381b0ae3117330735ef22309a190ac57b9576ea716"
+dependencies = [
+ "pathdiff",
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking_lot"
 version = "0.11.2"
@@ -921,6 +932,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "pathdiff"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8835116a5c179084a830efb3adc117ab007512b535bc1a21c991d3b32a6b44dd"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "percent-encoding"
 version = "1.0.1"
@@ -1607,6 +1624,49 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ea04155a16a59f9eab786fe12a4a450e75cdb175f9e0d80da1e17db09f55b8d2"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows_aarch64_msvc",
+ "windows_i686_gnu",
+ "windows_i686_msvc",
+ "windows_x86_64_gnu",
+ "windows_x86_64_msvc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_aarch64_msvc"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9bb8c3fd39ade2d67e9874ac4f3db21f0d710bee00fe7cab16949ec184eeaa47"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_gnu"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "180e6ccf01daf4c426b846dfc66db1fc518f074baa793aa7d9b9aaeffad6a3b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_i686_msvc"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e2e7917148b2812d1eeafaeb22a97e4813dfa60a3f8f78ebe204bcc88f12f024"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_gnu"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4dcd171b8776c41b97521e5da127a2d86ad280114807d0b2ab1e462bc764d9e1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows_x86_64_msvc"
+version = "0.36.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c811ca4a8c853ef420abd8592ba53ddbbac90410fab6903b3e79972a631f7680"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ws2_32-sys"
 version = "0.2.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3bfe17f..1bb6da8 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ rayon = "1.4"
 colorsys = "0.5.7"
 alphanumeric-sort = "1.4.0"
 include_dir = "0.7.2"
+open = "3.0.3"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 indoc = "1.0.2"
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 98b3556..667cc69 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,13 @@ fn main() {
                             Ok(_) => Ok(()),
                             Err(e) => Err(e.to_string()),
                         }),
-                ),
+                ).arg(
+                Arg::with_name("open")
+                    .long("open")
+                    .short("o")
+                    .help("Opens the docs site on chrome")
+            )
+            ,
         )
         .get_matches();
 
@@ -118,6 +124,8 @@ fn serve(cmd: &ArgMatches) -> doctave::Result<()> {
         options.port = Some(p.parse::<u32>().unwrap());
     }
 
+    options.open = cmd.is_present("open");
+
     if cmd.is_present("no-color") {
         config.disable_colors();
     }
diff --git a/src/preview_server.rs b/src/preview_server.rs
index e33cf85..81d92e2 100644
--- a/src/preview_server.rs
+++ b/src/preview_server.rs
@@ -14,15 +14,17 @@ pub struct PreviewServer<B: SiteBackend> {
     base_path: String,
     addr: SocketAddr,
     site: Arc<Site<B>>,
+    open: bool
 }
 
 impl<B: SiteBackend> PreviewServer<B> {
-    pub fn new(addr: &str, site: Arc<Site<B>>, color: bool, base_path: String) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(addr: &str, site: Arc<Site<B>>, color: bool, base_path: String, open: bool) -> Self {
         PreviewServer {
             addr: addr.parse().expect("invalid address for preview server"),
             site,
             color,
             base_path,
+            open
         }
     }
 
@@ -44,6 +46,10 @@ impl<B: SiteBackend> PreviewServer<B> {
                 self.base_path
             )
             .unwrap();
+
+            if self.open {
+                open_web_app(self.addr.to_string().as_str());
+            }
         }
 
         for request in server.incoming_requests() {
@@ -156,3 +162,7 @@ fn content_type_for(extension: Option<&OsStr>) -> Option<&'static str> {
         None => None,
     }
 }
+
+fn open_web_app(url: &str) -> std::io::Result<()> {
+    open::that("http://".to_owned()+url)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/serve.rs b/src/serve.rs
index e4ba0eb..8ff3921 100644
--- a/src/serve.rs
+++ b/src/serve.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ pub struct ServeCommand {}
 #[derive(Default)]
 pub struct ServeOptions {
     pub port: Option<u32>,
+    pub open: bool
 }
 
 impl ServeCommand {
@@ -70,6 +71,7 @@ impl ServeCommand {
             site.clone(),
             config.color_enabled(),
             config.base_path().to_owned(),
+            options.open
         );
         thread::Builder::new()
             .name("http-server".into())