diff --git a/launchy.gemspec b/launchy.gemspec
index f403fb8..3ba62ac 100644
--- a/launchy.gemspec
+++ b/launchy.gemspec
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |s|
   s.homepage = "https://github.com/copiousfreetime/launchy".freeze
   s.licenses = ["ISC".freeze]
   s.rdoc_options = ["--main".freeze, "README.md".freeze, "--markup".freeze, "tomdoc".freeze]
-  s.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 2.3.0".freeze)
+  s.required_ruby_version = Gem::Requirement.new(">= 2.5.0".freeze)
   s.rubygems_version = "3.6.3".freeze
   s.summary = "Launchy is helper class for launching cross-platform applications in a fire and forget manner.".freeze
 
diff --git a/lib/launchy.rb b/lib/launchy.rb
index 032fb44..5bcee63 100644
--- a/lib/launchy.rb
+++ b/lib/launchy.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
-require "English"
 require "addressable/uri"
 require "shellwords"
 require "stringio"
@@ -27,9 +26,10 @@ class << self
     # Launch an application for the given uri string
     #
     def open(uri_s, options = {})
+      handled_error = nil
       leftover = extract_global_options(options)
       uri = string_to_uri(uri_s)
-      if (name = options[:application])
+      if (name = Launchy.application)
         app = app_for_name(name)
       end
 
@@ -37,13 +37,15 @@ def open(uri_s, options = {})
 
       app.new.open(uri, leftover)
     rescue Launchy::Error => e
+      handled_error = e
       raise e
     rescue StandardError => e
       msg = "Failure in opening uri #{uri_s.inspect} with options #{options.inspect}: #{e}"
-      raise Launchy::Error, msg
+      handled_error = Launchy::Error.new(msg)
+      raise handled_error
     ensure
-      if $ERROR_INFO && block_given?
-        yield $ERROR_INFO
+      if handled_error && block_given?
+        yield handled_error
 
         # explicitly return here to swallow the errors if there was an error
         # and we yielded to the block
@@ -94,6 +96,7 @@ def extract_global_options(options)
       Launchy.application  = leftover.delete(:application) || ENV.fetch("LAUNCHY_APPLICATION", nil)
       Launchy.host_os      = leftover.delete(:host_os) || ENV.fetch("LAUNCHY_HOST_OS", nil)
       Launchy.dry_run      = leftover.delete(:dry_run) || ENV.fetch("LAUNCHY_DRY_RUN", nil)
+      leftover
     end
 
     def debug=(enabled)
diff --git a/lib/launchy/application.rb b/lib/launchy/application.rb
index f188d4a..d1863b2 100644
--- a/lib/launchy/application.rb
+++ b/lib/launchy/application.rb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def for_name(name)
       #
       # returns the path to the executable or nil if not found
       def find_executable(bin, *paths)
-        paths = Launchy.path.split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR) if paths.empty?
+        paths = Launchy.path.to_s.split(File::PATH_SEPARATOR) if paths.empty?
         paths.each do |path|
           file = File.join(path, bin)
           if File.executable?(file)
diff --git a/lib/launchy/cli.rb b/lib/launchy/cli.rb
index d44cc24..e5555aa 100644
--- a/lib/launchy/cli.rb
+++ b/lib/launchy/cli.rb
@@ -63,8 +63,9 @@ def parse(argv, _env)
     def good_run(argv, env)
       return false unless parse(argv, env)
 
-      Launchy.open(argv.shift, options) { |e| error_output(e) }
-      true
+      success = true
+      Launchy.open(argv.shift, options) { |e| success = error_output(e) }
+      success
     end
 
     def error_output(error)
diff --git a/tasks/this.rb b/tasks/this.rb
index 5c1f71a..85a1231 100644
--- a/tasks/this.rb
+++ b/tasks/this.rb
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def core_gemspec
       spec.rdoc_options = ["--main", "README.md",
                            "--markup", "tomdoc",]
 
-      spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.3.0"
+      spec.required_ruby_version = ">= 2.5.0"
     end
   end