diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index e1fc3ee18c..da805457a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2093,6 +2093,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "nu_plugin_match",
  "nu_plugin_post",
  "nu_plugin_ps",
+ "nu_plugin_start",
  "nu_plugin_str",
  "nu_plugin_sys",
  "nu_plugin_textview",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8e1e767b5a..e8e78243b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ nu_plugin_inc = { version = "0.13.0", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_inc", optional=
 nu_plugin_match = { version = "0.13.0", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_match", optional=true }
 nu_plugin_post = { version = "0.13.0", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_post", optional=true }
 nu_plugin_ps = { version = "0.13.0", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_ps", optional=true }
+nu_plugin_start = { version = "0.1.0", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_start", optional=true }
 nu_plugin_str = { version = "0.13.0", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_str", optional=true }
 nu_plugin_sys = { version = "0.13.0", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_sys", optional=true }
 nu_plugin_textview = { version = "0.13.0", path = "./crates/nu_plugin_textview", optional=true }
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ nu-build = { version = "0.13.0", path = "./crates/nu-build" }
 test-bins = []
 
 default = ["sys", "ps", "textview", "inc", "str"]
-stable = ["default", "starship-prompt", "binaryview", "match", "tree", "average", "post", "fetch", "clipboard-cli", "trash-support"]
+stable = ["default", "starship-prompt", "binaryview", "match", "tree", "average", "post", "fetch", "clipboard-cli", "trash-support", "start"]
 
 # Default
 textview = ["crossterm", "syntect", "url", "nu_plugin_textview"]
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ match = ["nu_plugin_match"]
 post = ["nu_plugin_post"]
 trace = ["nu-parser/trace"]
 tree = ["nu_plugin_tree"]
+start = ["nu_plugin_start"]
 
 clipboard-cli = ["nu-cli/clipboard-cli"]
 starship-prompt = ["nu-cli/starship-prompt"]
@@ -168,6 +170,11 @@ name = "nu_plugin_stable_tree"
 path = "src/plugins/nu_plugin_stable_tree.rs"
 required-features = ["tree"]
 
+[[bin]]
+name = "nu_plugin_stable_start"
+path = "src/plugins/nu_plugin_stable_start.rs"
+required-features = ["start"]
+
 # Main nu binary
 [[bin]]
 name = "nu"
diff --git a/crates/nu_plugin_start/src/start.rs b/crates/nu_plugin_start/src/start.rs
index 705702c5ad..e17fc857d0 100644
--- a/crates/nu_plugin_start/src/start.rs
+++ b/crates/nu_plugin_start/src/start.rs
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ impl Start {
             for cmd in &["xdg-open", "gnome-open", "kde-open", "wslview"] {
                 if exec_cmd(cmd, &args).is_err() {
                     continue;
+                } else {
+                    return Ok(());
                 }
             }
             Err(StartError::new(
diff --git a/src/plugins/nu_plugin_stable_start.rs b/src/plugins/nu_plugin_stable_start.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85e416a29f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/nu_plugin_stable_start.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use nu_plugin::serve_plugin;
+use nu_plugin_start::Start;
+
+fn main() {
+    serve_plugin(&mut Start {
+        filenames: vec![],
+        application: None,
+    });
+}