diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/ElectronAppWrapper.ts b/packages/app-desktop/ElectronAppWrapper.ts
index 97fb81f33a..06c2149daa 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/ElectronAppWrapper.ts
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/ElectronAppWrapper.ts
@@ -328,8 +328,8 @@ export default class ElectronAppWrapper {
 			win.focus();
 			if (process.platform !== 'darwin') {
 				const url = argv.find((arg) => arg.startsWith('joplin://'));
-				if (!!url) this.onUrl(url)
-			}				
+				if (url) this.onUrl(url);
+			}
 		});
 
 		return false;
diff --git a/packages/app-desktop/package.json b/packages/app-desktop/package.json
index 4e8e9c9ed2..5f48b62a45 100644
--- a/packages/app-desktop/package.json
+++ b/packages/app-desktop/package.json
@@ -83,7 +83,8 @@
       "icon": "../../Assets/LinuxIcons",
       "category": "Office",
       "desktop": {
-        "Icon": "joplin"
+        "Icon": "joplin",
+        "MimeType": "x-scheme-handler/joplin;" 
       },
       "target": "AppImage"
     },