diff --git a/freedesktop/browser_service.go b/freedesktop/browser_service.go
index c408f44..38c9ced 100644
--- a/freedesktop/browser_service.go
+++ b/freedesktop/browser_service.go
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ func (b *BrowserService) GetAvailableBrowsers() ([]linkquisition.Browser, error)
 
 	// grep all the .desktop files in the paths for the category "WebBrowser":
 	grepArgs := []string{
-		"-r",
+		"-R",
 		"-l",
 		"-E",
 		"^Categories=.*WebBrowser",
diff --git a/freedesktop/xdg_service.go b/freedesktop/xdg_service.go
index 6579f76..7f2f264 100644
--- a/freedesktop/xdg_service.go
+++ b/freedesktop/xdg_service.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ func (x *XdgService) GetDesktopEntryPathForBinary(binary string) (string, error)
 
 	// grep all the .desktop files in the paths for the binary basename and return the first match:
 	pattern := fmt.Sprintf("^Exec=(%s|%s)", binary, filepath.Base(binary))
-	grepArgs := []string{"-r", "-l", "-m", "1", "-E", pattern, "--include", "*.desktop"}
+	grepArgs := []string{"-R", "-l", "-m", "1", "-E", pattern, "--include", "*.desktop"}
 	grepArgs = append(grepArgs, paths...)
 	cmd := exec.Command("grep", grepArgs...)