diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index ccca85e7ec..a566ce61d7 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -9263,7 +9263,7 @@ void Application::readArgumentsFromLocalSocket() const {
 
     // If we received a message, try to open it as a URL
     if (message.length() > 0) {
-        DependencyManager::get<WindowScriptingInterface>()->openUrl(QString::fromUtf8(message));
+        DependencyManager::get<AddressManager>()->handleLookupString(QString::fromUtf8(message));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/interface/src/main.cpp b/interface/src/main.cpp
index 5ca4d18a45..81616e5773 100644
--- a/interface/src/main.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/main.cpp
@@ -262,7 +262,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
         if (socket.waitForConnected(LOCAL_SERVER_TIMEOUT_MS)) {
             if (parser.isSet(urlOption)) {
                 QUrl url = QUrl(parser.value(urlOption));
-                if (url.isValid() && (url.scheme() == URL_SCHEME_HIFI || url.scheme() == URL_SCHEME_HIFIAPP)) {
+                if (url.isValid() && (url.scheme() == URL_SCHEME_HIFI || url.scheme() == URL_SCHEME_HIFIAPP
+                        || url.scheme() == HIFI_URL_SCHEME_HTTP || url.scheme() == HIFI_URL_SCHEME_HTTPS
+                        || url.scheme() == HIFI_URL_SCHEME_FILE)) {
                     qDebug() << "Writing URL to local socket";
                     socket.write(url.toString().toUtf8());
                     if (!socket.waitForBytesWritten(5000)) {