diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index 02aebc9..33135d0 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 'use strict'
 
 const electron = require('electron')
-const {app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, Menu, MenuItem, Tray, dialog, Notification} = electron
+const path = require('path')
+const {app, BrowserWindow, ipcMain, Menu, MenuItem, Tray, dialog, Notification, protocol} = electron
 const consts = require('./src/consts.js')
 const client = require('./src/client.js').init()
 const rl = require('readline').createInterface({input: client.socket})
@@ -86,6 +87,15 @@ app.on('ready',() => {
             // App
             case consts.eventNames.appCmdQuit:
             app.quit();
+
+            case consts.eventNames.appCmdGetPath:
+            client.write(
+                consts.targetIds.app,
+                consts.eventNames.appEventGetPathResult,
+                {
+                    pathName: (json.pathName) ? app.getPath(json.pathName) : ''
+                }
+            );
             break;
 
             // Dock
@@ -232,6 +242,12 @@ app.on('ready',() => {
             executeCallback(consts.callbackNames.webContentsLogin, json, [json.username, json.password]);
             break;
 
+            // Protocol
+            case consts.eventNames.protocolCmdRegisterAppProtocol:
+            registerAppProtocol(client, json)
+            break;
+
+
             // Window
             case consts.eventNames.windowCmdBlur:
             elements[json.targetID].blur()
@@ -309,6 +325,11 @@ app.on('ready',() => {
     })
 });
 
+app.on('open-url', function (event, url) {
+  event.preventDefault();
+  console.log('open-url event: ', url);
+});
+
 // menuCreate creates a new menu
 function menuCreate(menu) {
     if (typeof menu !== "undefined") {
@@ -553,3 +574,51 @@ function sessionCreate(webContents, sessionId) {
     elements[sessionId] = webContents.session
     elements[sessionId].on('will-download', () => { client.write(sessionId, consts.eventNames.sessionEventWillDownload) })
 }
+
+function registerAppProtocol(client, json) {
+
+    const scheme = 'com.logtransformer.app';
+
+    console.log('Registering app protocol "' + scheme +'"...');
+
+    const ret = app.setAsDefaultProtocolClient(scheme);
+    console.log('setAsDefaultProtocolClient() returned:: ', JSON.stringify(ret));
+
+    protocol.registerFileProtocol(scheme, (request, callback) => {
+        console.log('Received request to ' + scheme + ':: ', request.url);
+
+        // get value before "?" - for some reason electron cant
+        // find the file if ?search value is passed as part of the path.
+        const parts = request.url.split('?');
+
+        // string after "<scheme>:///""
+        // - 1 to account for 0-index
+        // + 3 to account for "://"
+        const url = parts[0].substr((scheme.length - 1) + 3);
+
+        const finalPath = path.normalize(`${json.filePath}/${url}`);
+
+        const navinfo = {
+            path: finalPath
+        };
+
+        client.write(
+            consts.targetIds.app,
+            consts.eventNames.registerAppProtocolCallback,
+            navinfo 
+        );
+
+        callback(navinfo);
+
+    }, (error) => {
+
+        client.write(
+            consts.targetIds.app,
+            consts.eventNames.registerAppProtocolCompletion,
+            {
+                error: (error) ? error.message : '',
+                workingDir: json.filePath
+            }
+        );
+    });
+}
diff --git a/src/consts.js b/src/consts.js
index 6b00bbb..d0d3a82 100644
--- a/src/consts.js
+++ b/src/consts.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ module.exports = {
     },
     eventNames: {
         appCmdQuit: "app.cmd.quit",
+        appCmdGetPath: "app.cmd.get.path",
+        appEventGetPathResult: "app.event.get.path.result",
         appEventReady: "app.event.ready",
         displayEventAdded: "display.event.added",
         displayEventMetricsChanged: "display.event.metrics.changed",
@@ -51,6 +53,9 @@ module.exports = {
         notificationEventCreated: "notification.event.created",
         notificationEventReplied: "notification.event.replied",
         notificationEventShown: "notification.event.shown",
+        protocolCmdRegisterAppProtocol: "protocol.cmd.register.app",
+        registerAppProtocolCallback: 'protocol.register.callback',
+        registerAppProtocolCompletion: 'protocol.event.register.completion',
         sessionCmdClearCache: "session.cmd.clear.cache",
         sessionEventClearedCache: "session.event.cleared.cache",
         sessionEventWillDownload: "session.event.will.download",