diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 5160975a..f0317a83 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ To be released as 0.11.4.
 * build: disable GCC 4.2 warning about builtin_modules
 * minor build bug 960: fix errors in loadmsgcat.c if mmap() exists but
   munmap() doesn't
+* bug 978: Python's webbrowser.open_new_tab(URL) works since now
 
 //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 The following changes should be removed from NEWS before ELinks 0.11.4
diff --git a/src/config/cmdline.c b/src/config/cmdline.c
index 3356f608..b0a90f69 100644
--- a/src/config/cmdline.c
+++ b/src/config/cmdline.c
@@ -301,9 +301,12 @@ remote_cmd(struct option *o, unsigned char ***argv, int *argc)
 
 		} else {
 			end = strchr(start, ',');
-			if (!end)
+			if (!end) {
 				end = start + strlen(start);
-			arg = end;
+				arg = end;
+			} else {
+				arg = end + 1;
+			}
 			skipback_whitespace(start, end);
 
 			if (start != end)