diff --git a/scripts/functions.sh b/scripts/functions.sh
index 3d30401ca..9d548dd7f 100644
--- a/scripts/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/functions.sh
@@ -22,13 +22,23 @@ prompt_user() {
 
 
 run_sed() {
-if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
-  sed --in-place=.bak "$1" "$2"
-elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-  sed -i .bak "$1" "$2"
-else
-  printf "\nOS could not be detected. Please open report manually!\n"
-fi
+  if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+    sed --in-place=.bak "$1" "$2"
+  elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+    sed -i .bak "$1" "$2"
+  else
+    printf "\nOS could not be detected. Please open report manually!\n"
+  fi
+}
+
+run_open() {
+  if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
+    xdg-open "$1"
+  elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
+    open "$1"
+  else
+    printf "\nOS could not be detected. Please open URL manually!\n"
+  fi
 }
 
 # Example usage
diff --git a/scripts/release.sh b/scripts/release.sh
index 96fa259fb..1a4b7f028 100755
--- a/scripts/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/release.sh
@@ -111,10 +111,4 @@ echo "✅ created new github release and tag for version: $NEW_VERSION"
 
 JENKINS_URL="https://jenkins.heigit.org/job/OQAPI/view/tags/job/${NEW_VERSION}/"
 echo "⚠️ Please start the Jenkins tag build here: ${JENKINS_URL}"
-if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
-  xdg-open "$JENKINS_URL"
-elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-  open "$JENKINS_URL"
-else
-  printf "\nOS could not be detected. Please open report manually!\n"
-fi
+run_open "$JENKINS_URL"