diff --git a/src/platforms/electron/index.js b/src/platforms/electron/index.js
index f15a16c89..01cbe43f6 100644
--- a/src/platforms/electron/index.js
+++ b/src/platforms/electron/index.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import '@babel/polyfill';
 import keytar from 'keytar';
 import SemVer from 'semver';
-import url from 'url';
 import https from 'https';
 import { app, dialog, ipcMain, session, shell } from 'electron';
 import { autoUpdater } from 'electron-updater';
@@ -191,6 +190,20 @@ app.on('will-quit', event => {
   }
 });
 
+app.on('will-finish-launching', () => {
+  // Protocol handler for macOS
+  app.on('open-url', (event, URL) => {
+    event.preventDefault();
+
+    if (rendererWindow) {
+      rendererWindow.webContents.send('open-uri-requested', URL);
+      rendererWindow.show();
+    } else {
+      appState.macDeepLinkingURI = URL;
+    }
+  });
+});
+
 app.on('before-quit', () => {
   appState.isQuitting = true;
 });