diff --git a/.local/bin/compiler b/.local/bin/compiler
index 39e149e..faf37c9 100755
--- a/.local/bin/compiler
+++ b/.local/bin/compiler
@@ -53,5 +53,5 @@ case "$ext" in
 	scad) openscad -o "$base".stl "$file" ;;
 	sent) setsid -f sent "$file" 2>/dev/null ;;
 	tex) textype "$file" ;;
-	*) head -n1 "$file" | grep "^#!/" | sed "s/^#!//" | xargs -r -I % "$file" ;;
+	*) sed -n '/^#!/s/^#!//p; q' "$file" | xargs -r -I % "$file" ;;
 esac
diff --git a/.local/bin/queueandnotify b/.local/bin/queueandnotify
index a54b13e..54b2c2a 100755
--- a/.local/bin/queueandnotify
+++ b/.local/bin/queueandnotify
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ queuefile="${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}/newsboat/queue"
 
 while read -r line; do
 	[ -z "$line" ] && continue
-	url="$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')"
+	url="${line%%[	 ]*}"
 	qndl "$url" "curl -LO"
 done < "$queuefile"