diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c2f09e64..f359c546 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ require"octo".setup({
   enable_builtin = false,                  -- shows a list of builtin actions when no action is provided
   default_remote = {"upstream", "origin"}; -- order to try remotes
   default_merge_method = "commit",         -- default merge method which should be used when calling `Octo pr merge`, could be `commit`, `rebase` or `squash`
-  ssh_aliases = {},                        -- SSH aliases. e.g. `ssh_aliases = {["github.com-work"] = "github.com"}`
+  ssh_aliases = {},                        -- SSH aliases. e.g. `ssh_aliases = {["github.com-work"] = "github.com"}`. The key part will be interpreted as an anchored Lua pattern.
   picker = "telescope",                    -- or "fzf-lua"
   picker_config = {
     use_emojis = false,                    -- only used by "fzf-lua" picker for now
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ If no command is passed, the argument to `Octo` is treated as a URL from where a
 - `<CR>`: Append Gist to buffer
   [Available keys](https://cli.github.com/manual/gh_gist_list): `repo`\|`public`\|`secret`
 
-5. Users in the assignee and reviewer commands: 
+5. Users in the assignee and reviewer commands:
 
 - `search`: Dynamically search all GitHub users
 - `mentionable`: List of *mentionable* users in current repo
diff --git a/lua/octo/commands.lua b/lua/octo/commands.lua
index 69855128..529fca51 100644
--- a/lua/octo/commands.lua
+++ b/lua/octo/commands.lua
@@ -434,10 +434,15 @@ function M.octo(object, action, ...)
     end
 
     local a = o[action] or o
-    if not pcall(a, ...) then
+    if not a then
       utils.error(action and "Incorrect action: " .. action or "No action specified")
       return
     end
+    res = pcall(a, ...)
+    if not res then
+      utils.error(action and "Failed action: " .. action)
+      return
+    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lua/octo/pickers/telescope/provider.lua b/lua/octo/pickers/telescope/provider.lua
index 5385c4d8..f8699ec2 100644
--- a/lua/octo/pickers/telescope/provider.lua
+++ b/lua/octo/pickers/telescope/provider.lua
@@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ local function open(command)
     elseif command == "tab" then
       vim.cmd [[:tab sb %]]
     end
-    utils.get(selection.kind, selection.repo, selection.value)
+    if selection then
+      utils.get(selection.kind, selection.repo, selection.value)
+    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/lua/octo/utils.lua b/lua/octo/utils.lua
index ec264b65..2a8d580f 100644
--- a/lua/octo/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/octo/utils.lua
@@ -156,6 +156,13 @@ function M.is_blank(s)
 end
 
 function M.parse_remote_url(url, aliases)
+  -- filesystem path
+  if vim.startswith(url, "/") or vim.startswith(url, ".") then
+    return {
+      host = nil,
+      repo = url,
+    }
+  end
   -- remove trailing ".git"
   url = string.gsub(url, ".git$", "")
   -- remove protocol scheme
@@ -174,8 +181,8 @@ function M.parse_remote_url(url, aliases)
     repo = chunks[#chunks]
   end
 
-  if aliases[host] then
-    host = aliases[host]
+  for alias, rhost in pairs(aliases) do
+    host = host:gsub("^" .. alias .. "$", rhost, 1)
   end
   if not M.is_blank(host) and not M.is_blank(repo) then
     return {
@@ -616,7 +623,7 @@ function M.get_repo_number_from_varargs(...)
     return
   end
   if not repo then
-    M.error "Cant find repo name"
+    M.error "Can not find repo name"
     return
   end
   if not number then
diff --git a/lua/tests/plenary/utils_spec.lua b/lua/tests/plenary/utils_spec.lua
index 145121ed..18b4bdca 100644
--- a/lua/tests/plenary/utils_spec.lua
+++ b/lua/tests/plenary/utils_spec.lua
@@ -10,9 +10,11 @@ describe("Utils module:", function()
         "git@github.com:pwntester/octo.nvim.git",
         "git@github.com:pwntester/octo.nvim.git",
         "hub.com:pwntester/octo.nvim.git",
+        "hub.com-alias:pwntester/octo.nvim.git",
       }
       local aliases = {
         ["hub.com"] = "github.com",
+        ["hub.com-.*"] = "github.com",
       }
       eq(this.parse_remote_url(remote_urls[1], aliases).host, "github.com")
       eq(this.parse_remote_url(remote_urls[1], aliases).repo, "pwntester/octo.nvim")
@@ -24,6 +26,8 @@ describe("Utils module:", function()
       eq(this.parse_remote_url(remote_urls[4], aliases).repo, "pwntester/octo.nvim")
       eq(this.parse_remote_url(remote_urls[5], aliases).host, "github.com")
       eq(this.parse_remote_url(remote_urls[5], aliases).repo, "pwntester/octo.nvim")
+      eq(this.parse_remote_url(remote_urls[6], aliases).host, "github.com")
+      eq(this.parse_remote_url(remote_urls[6], aliases).repo, "pwntester/octo.nvim")
     end)
 
     it("convert_vim_mapping_to_fzf changes vim mappings to fzf mappings", function()