diff --git a/docs/game_id.json.md b/docs/game_id.json.md
index 4b8b44c..c7e879b 100644
--- a/docs/game_id.json.md
+++ b/docs/game_id.json.md
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ Stored as a Unix time stamp.
 
 The executable to run when launching a game.
 
-If the source has a URL handler, using that is preferred. In that case, the value should be `["xdg-open", "url://example/url"]` for Linux and `["start", "url://example/url"]` for Windows.
+If the source has a URL handler, using that is preferred. In that case, the value should be `"xdg-open url://example/url"` for Linux and `"start url://example/url"` for Windows.
 
-Stored as either a string or an argument vector to be passed to the shell through [subprocess.Popen](https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html#popen-constructor).
+Stored as either a string (preferred) or an argument vector to be passed to the shell through [subprocess.Popen](https://docs.python.org/3/library/subprocess.html#popen-constructor).
 
 ### game_id
 
diff --git a/src/details_window.py b/src/details_window.py
index 8ec15ab..bde6132 100644
--- a/src/details_window.py
+++ b/src/details_window.py
@@ -69,11 +69,7 @@ class DetailsWindow(Adw.Window):
             self.name.set_text(self.game.name)
             if self.game.developer:
                 self.developer.set_text(self.game.developer)
-            self.executable.set_text(
-                self.game.executable
-                if isinstance(self.game.executable, str)
-                else shlex.join(self.game.executable)
-            )
+            self.executable.set_text(self.game.executable)
             self.apply_button.set_label(_("Apply"))
 
             self.game_cover.new_cover(self.game.get_cover_path())
diff --git a/src/game.py b/src/game.py
index 734e195..365400a 100644
--- a/src/game.py
+++ b/src/game.py
@@ -86,6 +86,9 @@ class Game(Gtk.Box):
 
     def update_values(self, data):
         for key, value in data.items():
+            # Convert executables to strings
+            if key == "executable" and isinstance(value, list):
+                value = shlex.join(value)
             setattr(self, key, value)
 
     def update(self):
@@ -115,16 +118,10 @@ class Game(Gtk.Box):
         self.save()
         self.update()
 
-        string = (
-            self.executable
-            if isinstance(self.executable, str)
-            else shlex.join(self.executable)
-        )
-
         args = (
-            "flatpak-spawn --host /bin/sh -c " + shlex.quote(string)  # Flatpak
+            "flatpak-spawn --host /bin/sh -c " + shlex.quote(self.executable)  # Flatpak
             if os.getenv("FLATPAK_ID") == shared.APP_ID
-            else string  # Others
+            else self.executable  # Others
         )
 
         logging.info("Starting %s: %s", self.name, str(args))