diff --git a/lib/client/dashboard_window.py b/lib/client/dashboard_window.py
index 68fa5ca..437771e 100644
--- a/lib/client/dashboard_window.py
+++ b/lib/client/dashboard_window.py
@@ -10,9 +10,8 @@ from tkinter import ttk, messagebox
 from PIL import Image, ImageTk
 from lib.client.new_job_window import NewJobWindow
 from lib.server.server_proxy import RenderServerProxy
-
-sys.path.append("../")
 from lib.server.zeroconf_server import ZeroconfServer
+from lib.utilities.misc_helper import launch_url
 
 logger = logging.getLogger()
 
@@ -210,11 +209,11 @@ class DashboardWindow:
     def reveal_in_finder(self):
         job = next((d for d in self.job_cache if d.get('id') == self.selected_job_id()), None)
         output_dir = os.path.dirname(job['output_path'])
-        subprocess.run(['open', output_dir])
+        launch_url(output_dir)
 
     def open_logs(self):
         url = f'http://{self.server_proxy.hostname}:{self.server_proxy.port}/api/job/{self.selected_job_id()}/logs'
-        subprocess.run(['open', url])
+        launch_url(url)
 
     def mainloop(self):
         self.root.mainloop()
diff --git a/lib/utilities/misc_helper.py b/lib/utilities/misc_helper.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..904c754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/utilities/misc_helper.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import logging
+import subprocess
+
+logger = logging.getLogger()
+
+
+def launch_url(url):
+    if subprocess.check_output(['which', 'open']):
+        subprocess.run(['open', url])  # macos
+    elif subprocess.check_output(['which', 'xdg-open']):
+        subprocess.run(['xdg-open', url])  # linux
+    elif subprocess.check_output(['which', 'start']):
+        subprocess.run(['start', url])  # windows - need to validate this works
+    else:
+        logger.error(f"No valid launchers found to launch url: {url}")
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