diff --git a/src/Config/Main.hs b/src/Config/Main.hs
index 84b1396b..89ddc6bb 100644
--- a/src/Config/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Config/Main.hs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ import Control.Monad.Except (runExceptT)
 import System.Environment (lookupEnv)
 import System.Directory (getHomeDirectory)
 import Data.Maybe (fromMaybe)
-import Data.List.NonEmpty (fromList)
 import System.Exit (ExitCode(..))
 
 import Control.Lens (set)
@@ -290,9 +289,11 @@ defaultConfig =
       , _mvToKeybindings = mailviewComposeToKeybindings
       , _mvMailcap =
           [ ( matchContentType "text" (Just "html")
-            , MailcapHandler (Shell (fromList "elinks -force-html")) CopiousOutput DiscardTempfile)
+            , MailcapHandler (\fp -> proc "elinks" ["-force-html", fp]) CopiousOutput DiscardTempfile)
+          , ( matchContentType "application" (Just "pdf")
+            , MailcapHandler (\fp -> proc "pdftotext" [fp, "-"]) CopiousOutput DiscardTempfile)
           , ( const True
-            , MailcapHandler (Process (fromList "xdg-open") []) IgnoreOutput KeepTempfile)
+            , MailcapHandler (\fp -> proc "xdg-open" [fp]) IgnoreOutput KeepTempfile)
           ]
       }
     , _confIndexView = IndexViewSettings
diff --git a/src/Purebred/System/Process.hs b/src/Purebred/System/Process.hs
index ae2d0ae8..2764f3d6 100644
--- a/src/Purebred/System/Process.hs
+++ b/src/Purebred/System/Process.hs
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ module Purebred.System.Process
   , tmpfileResource
   , draftFileResoure
   , emptyResource
-  , toProcessConfigWithTempfile
   , runEntityCommand
   , createDraftFilePath
   , createSentFilePath
@@ -54,7 +53,6 @@ import System.Directory (removeFile, createDirectoryIfMissing)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LB
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import Data.Char (isControl, isSpace)
-import Data.Foldable (toList)
 import Data.List (intercalate)
 import Data.Time.Clock (getCurrentTime)
 import Data.Time.Format (formatTime, defaultTimeLocale)
@@ -166,10 +164,6 @@ draftFileResoure maildir =
     (tryIO . removeFile)
     (\fp -> tryIO . B.writeFile fp)
 
-toProcessConfigWithTempfile :: MakeProcess -> FilePath -> ProcessConfig () () ()
-toProcessConfigWithTempfile (Shell cmd) fp = shell (toList cmd <> " " <> fp)
-toProcessConfigWithTempfile (Process cmd args) fp = proc (toList cmd) (args <> [fp])
-
 -- | Generates a Maildir filename
 -- see https://cr.yp.to/proto/maildir.html
 maildirMessageFileTemplate :: MonadIO m => m FilePath
diff --git a/src/Storage/ParsedMail.hs b/src/Storage/ParsedMail.hs
index 3186ffd8..24b498da 100644
--- a/src/Storage/ParsedMail.hs
+++ b/src/Storage/ParsedMail.hs
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ import Data.Text.Lens (packed)
 import Control.Monad.Except (MonadError, throwError)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO, liftIO)
 import Control.Monad.Catch (MonadMask)
-import Data.Foldable (toList)
 import qualified Data.ByteString as B
 import qualified Data.CaseInsensitive as CI
 import qualified Data.Text as T
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ import Purebred.System (tryIO)
 import Purebred.Types.IFC (sanitiseText)
 import Purebred.Parsing.Text (parseMailbody)
 import Purebred.System.Process
-  (runEntityCommand, tmpfileResource, toProcessConfigWithTempfile,
+  (runEntityCommand, tmpfileResource,
   tryReadProcessStdout, handleExitCodeThrow)
 
 {- $synopsis
@@ -160,10 +159,11 @@ bodyToDisplay s textwidth charsets prefCT msg =
             maybe
               (pure $ parseMailbody textwidth "Internal Viewer" $ entityToText charsets entity)
               (\handler ->
-                 parseMailbody textwidth (showHandler handler) <$>
+                 parseMailbody textwidth (showCommand handler) <$>
                  entityPiped handler entity)
               (findAutoview s entity)
-          showHandler = view (mhMakeProcess . mpCommand . to (T.pack . toList))
+          showCommand :: MailcapHandler -> T.Text
+          showCommand h = T.pack $ show $ view mhMakeProcess h mempty
        in (msg, ) <$> output
 
 
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ mkConfig cmd =
   EntityCommand
     handleExitCodeThrow
     (tmpfileResource (view mhKeepTemp cmd))
-    (\_ fp -> toProcessConfigWithTempfile (view mhMakeProcess cmd) fp)
+    (\_ fp -> view mhMakeProcess cmd fp)
     tryReadProcessStdout
 
 quoteText :: T.Text -> T.Text
diff --git a/src/Types.hs b/src/Types.hs
index 199daf56..dee7d1e8 100644
--- a/src/Types.hs
+++ b/src/Types.hs
@@ -1132,7 +1132,7 @@ data TempfileOnExit
   deriving (Generic, NFData)
 
 data MailcapHandler = MailcapHandler
-  { _mhMakeProcess :: MakeProcess
+  { _mhMakeProcess :: FilePath -> ProcessConfig () () ()
   , _mhCopiousoutput :: CopiousOutput
   -- ^ output should be paged or made scrollable
   , _mhKeepTemp :: TempfileOnExit
@@ -1140,7 +1140,7 @@ data MailcapHandler = MailcapHandler
   -- exits immediately (e.g. Firefox)
   } deriving (Generic, NFData)
 
-mhMakeProcess :: Lens' MailcapHandler MakeProcess
+mhMakeProcess :: Lens' MailcapHandler (FilePath -> ProcessConfig () () ())
 mhMakeProcess = lens _mhMakeProcess (\h x -> h { _mhMakeProcess = x })
 
 mhCopiousoutput :: Lens' MailcapHandler CopiousOutput
diff --git a/src/UI/Actions.hs b/src/UI/Actions.hs
index 757e8c03..a1be36f6 100644
--- a/src/UI/Actions.hs
+++ b/src/UI/Actions.hs
@@ -876,8 +876,8 @@ openWithCommand =
       cmd <- uses (asMailView . mvOpenCommand . E.editContentsL) (T.unpack . currentLine)
       case cmd of
         [] -> lift . Brick.continue . setUserMessage (makeWarning StatusBar "Empty command") =<< get
-        (x:xs) -> stateSuspendAndResume $
-          openCommand' (MailcapHandler (Process (x :| xs) []) IgnoreOutput KeepTempfile)
+        cmd' -> stateSuspendAndResume $
+          openCommand' (MailcapHandler (\_ -> proc cmd' []) IgnoreOutput KeepTempfile)
     }
 
 -- | Wrapper for 'Brick.suspendAndResume' that reads state from
@@ -1613,7 +1613,7 @@ openCommand' cmd = do
       let con = EntityCommand
             handleExitCodeThrow
             (tmpfileResource (view mhKeepTemp cmd))
-            (\_ fp -> toProcessConfigWithTempfile (view mhMakeProcess cmd) fp)
+            (\_ fp -> view mhMakeProcess cmd fp)
             tryReadProcessStderr
       in fmap con . entityToBytes
   selectedItemHelper (asMailView . mvAttachments) $ \ent ->