diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4133c97..938c908 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea v0.23.1
 	github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss v0.6.0
 	github.com/johbar/go-poppler v0.0.0-20221016201615-2d089fcde50c
+	github.com/rkoesters/xdg v0.0.1
 	github.com/sahilm/fuzzy v0.1.0
+	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211
 )
 
 require (
@@ -25,6 +27,5 @@ require (
 	github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 // indirect
 	github.com/ungerik/go-cairo v0.0.0-20220815093914-e24bd4259cef // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20220811171246-fbc7d0a398ab // indirect
-	golang.org/x/term v0.0.0-20210927222741-03fcf44c2211 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.3.7 // indirect
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 1580715..6985413 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ github.com/muesli/termenv v0.13.0/go.mod h1:sP1+uffeLaEYpyOTb8pLCUctGcGLnoFjSn4Y
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.1.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0 h1:S1pD9weZBuJdFmowNwbpi7BJ8TNftyUImj/0WQi72jY=
 github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.2.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
+github.com/rkoesters/xdg v0.0.1 h1:RmfYxghVvIsb4d51u5LtNOcwqY5r3P44u6o86qqvBMA=
+github.com/rkoesters/xdg v0.0.1/go.mod h1:5DcbjvJkY00fIOKkaBnylbC/rmc1NNJP5dmUcnlcm7U=
 github.com/sahilm/fuzzy v0.1.0 h1:FzWGaw2Opqyu+794ZQ9SYifWv2EIXpwP4q8dY1kDAwI=
 github.com/sahilm/fuzzy v0.1.0/go.mod h1:VFvziUEIMCrT6A6tw2RFIXPXXmzXbOsSHF0DOI8ZK9Y=
 github.com/ungerik/go-cairo v0.0.0-20220815093914-e24bd4259cef h1:zpOobzu7pmkVFs/XNuhJvxHCdQrGWxybcfVDabi//B4=
diff --git a/gshmm.go b/gshmm.go
index d155731..de51973 100644
--- a/gshmm.go
+++ b/gshmm.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import (
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 	pdf "github.com/johbar/go-poppler"
+	"github.com/rkoesters/xdg"
 	"github.com/sahilm/fuzzy"
 	"golang.org/x/term"
 )
@@ -256,8 +257,8 @@ func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 		m.datasheetNames = msg.datasheetNames
 		m.filteredDatasheets = msg.datasheetNames
 
-		selectedDatasheet := msg.datasheets[len(msg.datasheets)-1].contents
-		m.datasheetViewport.SetContent(selectedDatasheet)
+		selectedDatasheet := msg.datasheets[len(msg.datasheets)-1]
+		m.datasheetViewport.SetContent(selectedDatasheet.contents)
 
 		m.datasheetsLoaded = true
 	case tea.WindowSizeMsg:
@@ -269,6 +270,10 @@ func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 			return m, tea.Quit
 		case "tab":
 			m.toggleFilterMode()
+		case "enter":
+			selectedDatasheet := m.datasheets[len(m.datasheets)-1]
+			// TODO: handle error
+			_ = xdg.Open(selectedDatasheet.absPath)
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -307,7 +312,7 @@ func (m model) View() string {
 	}
 	body.WriteString("\n" + mode)
 
-	help := "[ctrl-c]: quit | [tab]: filter mode"
+	help := "[ctrl-c]: quit | [tab]: filter mode | [enter]: open"
 	body.WriteString("\n" + help)
 
 	return body.String()