diff --git a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
index 1e89d169f..d6c622f2c 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
@@ -281,6 +281,8 @@ MainApplication::MainApplication(int &argc, char** argv)
 
     Settings::createSettings(DataPaths::currentProfilePath() + QLatin1String("/settings.ini"));
 
+    NetworkManager::registerSchemes();
+
     m_webProfile = isPrivate() ? new QWebEngineProfile(this) : QWebEngineProfile::defaultProfile();
     connect(m_webProfile, &QWebEngineProfile::downloadRequested, this, &MainApplication::downloadRequested);
 
diff --git a/src/lib/network/networkmanager.cpp b/src/lib/network/networkmanager.cpp
index 773e1161d..0c11aff96 100644
--- a/src/lib/network/networkmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/network/networkmanager.cpp
@@ -52,17 +52,6 @@ NetworkManager::NetworkManager(QObject *parent)
     // Create scheme handlers
     m_extensionScheme = new ExtensionSchemeManager();
 
-#if QTWEBENGINEWIDGETS_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 12, 0)
-    QWebEngineUrlScheme falkonScheme("falkon");
-    falkonScheme.setFlags(QWebEngineUrlScheme::SecureScheme | QWebEngineUrlScheme::ContentSecurityPolicyIgnored);
-    falkonScheme.setSyntax(QWebEngineUrlScheme::Syntax::Path);
-    QWebEngineUrlScheme::registerScheme(falkonScheme);
-    QWebEngineUrlScheme extensionScheme("extension");
-    extensionScheme.setFlags(QWebEngineUrlScheme::SecureScheme | QWebEngineUrlScheme::ContentSecurityPolicyIgnored);
-    extensionScheme.setSyntax(QWebEngineUrlScheme::Syntax::Path);
-    QWebEngineUrlScheme::registerScheme(extensionScheme);
-#endif
-
     mApp->webProfile()->installUrlSchemeHandler(QByteArrayLiteral("falkon"), new FalkonSchemeHandler());
     mApp->webProfile()->installUrlSchemeHandler(QByteArrayLiteral("extension"), m_extensionScheme);
     WebPage::addSupportedScheme(QSL("falkon"));
@@ -309,6 +298,21 @@ void NetworkManager::shutdown()
     mApp->webProfile()->setRequestInterceptor(nullptr);
 }
 
+// static
+void NetworkManager::registerSchemes()
+{
+#if QTWEBENGINEWIDGETS_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 12, 0)
+    QWebEngineUrlScheme falkonScheme("falkon");
+    falkonScheme.setFlags(QWebEngineUrlScheme::SecureScheme | QWebEngineUrlScheme::ContentSecurityPolicyIgnored);
+    falkonScheme.setSyntax(QWebEngineUrlScheme::Syntax::Path);
+    QWebEngineUrlScheme::registerScheme(falkonScheme);
+    QWebEngineUrlScheme extensionScheme("extension");
+    extensionScheme.setFlags(QWebEngineUrlScheme::SecureScheme | QWebEngineUrlScheme::ContentSecurityPolicyIgnored);
+    extensionScheme.setSyntax(QWebEngineUrlScheme::Syntax::Path);
+    QWebEngineUrlScheme::registerScheme(extensionScheme);
+#endif
+}
+
 QNetworkReply *NetworkManager::createRequest(QNetworkAccessManager::Operation op, const QNetworkRequest &request, QIODevice *outgoingData)
 {
     QNetworkRequest req = request;
diff --git a/src/lib/network/networkmanager.h b/src/lib/network/networkmanager.h
index af7475be6..638b26349 100644
--- a/src/lib/network/networkmanager.h
+++ b/src/lib/network/networkmanager.h
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ public:
     void loadSettings();
     void shutdown();
 
+    static void registerSchemes();
+
 protected:
     QNetworkReply *createRequest(Operation op, const QNetworkRequest &request, QIODevice *outgoingData) override;